Coaches... always thinking...

[Dakota]

This situation is copied from the NFHS board. It would appear a coach has come up with a "play" that avoids the batter changing batter's boxes during the pitch rule...

NFHS Rules:

Here's the situation:
Runner on 3B, 1 Out, RH Batter up. After the pitcher began her motion, the batter left the batter's box, crossed in front of the plate and went in front of the LH Batter's Box. She did not step into the LH Batter's Box. She did this (in the opinion of all of those who saw the play) to distract the catcher. After she passed in front of the plate, the pitch went behind her and through the strike zone. Because she had blocked the catcher's view of the pitch, the catcher did not catch the ball, the ball went back to the screen, and the runner, who had not started toward home until the ball passed the catcher, scored on the passed ball.

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