How would you handle this?

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Originally Posted by MrRabbit

If we are talking slow pitch I would use rule 6, section 7 Quick Pitch.

The pitcher shall not attempt a quick return of the ball before the batter has taken a position in the batters box or when the batter is off balance.

And since the pitcher cause it.... No Pitch and a warning to the pitcher.

Don't think it was a quick pitch since the batter wasn't "off balance". There is no rule forbidding the batter from stepping out of the box at any time. The batter made a voluntary, controlled move. I don't call that off balance.

But let's say you are correct. Your call is not. A QP in SP is an IP, not a NP.