homesteal, 2 strikes and an empty battersbox

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Fri Jun 22, 2007, 12:42am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tiger49

Not anymore under OBR. They no longer are required to pitch.

"Batter get in the box."

"Batter get in the box."

"That's a strike on the batter, the count is now ......."

On a related note, according to some MiLB umpires, they have been directed to enforce the rule, 6.02 something, I believe, that keeps MiLB batters in the box between pitches TO THE LETTER.

Over 300 enforcements so far with only about 12 related ejections.

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