Batter Leaves the batter's box & HBP

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Fri Jul 05, 2013, 12:53pm

tcarilli

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bluehair

Make it a dead ball penalty so that D doesn’t suffer the results of a wild pitch caused by B’s illegal action.

Stepping out with one foot is not illegal. So that batter has not committed an illegal act. That would require changing the batter's box rule as well. This really isn't that common an occurrence.

Just as "hard cases make bad laws," unusual situations make bad rules.

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