Stepping on the Plate

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by okla21fan

By stepping on the plate (FP with the pitcher toed up) or SP (stepping on the plate and making contact with the ball)...in order to get an out(s) to get to the next inning...

Not to get off the subject of enforcing a potential "delaying or hastening the game" situation (because it is an interesting topic), but the above quote seems to imply that you think there is a different rule about stepping on the plate for fastpitch and slow pitch.

There isn't. Both require the batter to actually contact the ball with the bat while touching the plate.

Are you maybe confusing the rule about stepping across the plate, as in switching to the other batter's box, while the pitcher is in position to pitch?