Batter out of box

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I'm sorry. I don't understand. The batter squares around before the pitcher is finished winding up, he hasn't released the ball, and the batter has his foot all over the plate, way outside the box, and you don't see it? Or is it that you just don't choose to see it?

My strike zone's east and west borders are determined by their approximate location in relation to the outer edges of the 17 inch whitened 5-sided slab of rubber known as home plate. Part of my vision sees this plate on every pitch, and if there is a person standing on it, I'm going to see it.

Garth, this is not a "hypothetical question." This actually happens once in a blue moon. I wanted an answer to the question, "If you did see it, would you call it?" I didn't want an answer to "If you didn't see it?"

It's not where his foot is when it's pitched. Are you looking at his foot the second the ball is batted. If so, how the heck are you tracking the pitch all the way to F2's glove?

[SanDiegoSteve]

No, Rich, and that's not what I'm getting at. If the batter is standing on the plate when he hits the ball, and his feet are nowhere near the batter's box then he's out of the box. I'm not saying to go out of the way to see it, only when it is blatant and obvious.

Nobody I know goes out of their way to look for something like this, but if an elephant lands on you, you know it.