Batter out of box

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

HellifIknow - I'm not looking at their feet. Didn't I already cover that?!?!?!

Originally Posted by mcrowder
And you're SURE the foot is grounded at the moment the pitch hits the bat?

Then would did you ask this question earlier?

[Carbide Keyman]

Originally Posted by RonRef

Originally Posted by mcrowder
And you're SURE the foot is grounded at the moment the pitch hits the bat?

Then would did you ask this question earlier?

HUH ?!?!?

Doug

[SanDiegoSteve]

In the Phils/Cards game on ESPN right now, everyone is focused on Chase Utley's bid to get a base hit in his 34th straight game. The camera focused on his back foot, which was set up completely out of the back of the batter's box.

Whoever the ex-rat is who's doing the color commentary explained what would happen if the catcher complained about the batter's back foot being behind the back line of the box.

If the catcher complained to the umpire, Adam Dowdy, about it, Dowdy would enforce the rule and make Utley get in the box. Otherwise, it is ignored.

The commentator went on to say that the next time that complaining catcher came up to bat, he would get plunked by the pitcher.

That's how they take care of that stuff in the bigs. In the lower level, this is supposedly not taught. This is one big reason you don't see it called in big people baseball, because nobody wants to get pegged in the ribs by a major league fastball (or any fastball).

Edited to correct umpire's name.

[Rcichon]

So what gives? Stupid rule no one likes?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Pretty much.

[SanDiegoSteve]

And of course, the rat said the umpire was Adam Dowdy, when after a closer inspection, is in reality Ted Barrett. Dowdy is filling in for the ailing Rick Reed at 1st, with Diaz at 3rd, and Tschida at 2nd.

Moral: Never take a rat's word for it! (esteemed members excepted )

[DG]

I must admit I got bored and skipped the last 4-5 pages of this thread. But I can't understand how anyone could miss a foot planted on the plate at the time contact is made.

I have no doubt I can track a pitch and see a foot on the plate at the same time, they are both right there in front of me. It is not impossible. It is easy.