Batter out of box

[aceholleran]

Best bet--don't call it. As one of mentors likes to say, "It has to be obnoxious." He uses this adjective in place of "obvious," but one gets his point.

I've had the call a couple of times. Once, a would-be bunter squared around with his inside foot way way way far out of the box and on terra firma. He didn't offer at pitch 1, after which I whispered, "Batter, watch your feet." He didn't. On the next pitch, with foot just as bad, he tapped the rock foul. I banged him out on bat-ball contact, leading to a major tension convention. Aggrieved coach said that batter's foot had to be entirely on the plate for me to make such a call.

Ace