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Stepping on Plate - FED v OBR
I'm not an umpire.
Am I correct that in OBR you are not out for stepping on the plate while batting IF your foot is not completely out of the batter's box? What is the FED rule? |
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I could never grasp why the "touching home plate" part is there. If the batter is 3" in front of or behind the plate with a part of his foot still in the box it's OK but if he touches the plate he's out. Doesn't compute.
I think FED thought this up first then NCAA added it. |
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But now I have a related question, probably because I'm brain cramping and can't recall how to treat it. A similar question was asked on the softball board. What happens when a batter has a foot completely out of the box (or touching the plate in FED/NCAA), and he gets hit with the pitch? Let's say he squares to bunt, moving his back foot out of the box, the pitch is way inside and he can't avoid it. Is it still a first-base award? Or is it a dead-ball Ball award? |
treat it like any other HBP.
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You mean he permitted the pitch to hit him (FED language) |
The fact that the batter is out of the box has nothing to do (on it's own) with deciding whether to award first or to keep the batter at the plate. Judge it like you would any other HBP -- did the batter move into the pitch? did he permit himself to be hit? Was the ball over the batter's box? etc.
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I think this is the only rule set where this applies. |
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