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Originally Posted by udbrky
How dumb would a person have to be to not realize that the batter changing boxes is not hitting from the other side? This isn't like an eligible receiver situation in FB.
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I don't know what intelligence has to do with this. The main issue here is getting dinged for walking in front of the plate and onto the infield, not so much informing the umpire. No one would be trying to fool the umpire: of course the ump can see him. But as you know, baseball has rules handed down by tradition, and likely others carried on down from the slow-ball era, and IF a rule concerning switching sides of the plate existed, which apparently it does not, it would, in my opinion, just be accepted as "one of those funny baseball rules".
P.