Is "By the book" the way to call this one?
B1 bails out on a pitch heading right at him shoulder high. You clearly see front foot toes down 100% out of the box as the pitch strikes the bat.
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I think his heel might've been on the line. Foul!
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What box? I see no lines.
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foul...we've all heard, "don't take the sh---ty end of the stick"
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Keep it simple Thanks DAvid |
And if the DC comes out looking for an out (never mind the odds of that happening), I'm going to get help from my partner, and probably determine that the pitch hit the batter and put him on 1st.
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If his foot is touching the line, he's "in the box".
6.03 The batter’s legal position shall be with both feet within the batter’s box. APPROVED RULING: The lines defining the box are within the batter’s box. 6.06 A batter is out for illegal action when— (a) He hits a ball with one or both feet on the ground entirely outside the batter’s box. |
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Batter stepped between Catcher and the plate. PU didn't see it. I didn't reach for the call. Should I have call the batter out? Thanks. |
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(You "always" need to go to the intent of the rule.) |
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When the batter bailed he also had no intent on swinging. Yet when the ball hit the bat we all agree it's a foul. In this situation why is intent ignored for one rule and applied for another? |
Because the ball had to go someplace. It didn't hit him so there's no HBP. It didn't go past him so it's not a ball. The only thing left is hit the bat thus foul ball which holds no penalty whatsoever (except in slow pitch which isn't baseballe anyway)
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So what if the ball somehow ends up being a fair ball?
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It didn't. It also didn't go over the fence, get eaten by a rhinoceros, or turn into gold.
IF however you want to talk about a different situation with the ball landing between the lines the previous posters are spot-on with their observations that the batter's feet were touching the line. Fair ball. p.s. - better run! |
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