Out of the Box? Maybe not!

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

It's not about four feet wide. In SB it's four feet forward of the center of the plate versus three feet for baseball.

Yes, thanks. Mistype/brain cramp.

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The fact the the umpire took three "feet" as the measurement shows a rule misapplication (and an incorrectly marked box(.

No, since he did make the original call based on the lines as drawn, it was not a misapplication of the rules, regardless of what he believed the correct size to be. Incorrectly drawn lines are not protestable. Correct the lines and move on.