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| Sept. 29, 2015 chris7907 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: No batters box, Umpire calling batter out for hitting outside the batters box I found this page which claims that it pulled its facts from the ASA rule book. http://www.mscr.org/~mscrorg/images/PDFs/2013%20Commonly%20Occurring%20ASA%20With%20drawing.pdf In it it states: The batter is out and the ball is dead if he/she hits the ball, fair or foul, while his/her entire foot is completely out of the box and touching the ground or is touching home plate at the time of contact. The size of the batter’s box is three feet wide by seven feet long, for both FP and SP play. The front line of the box is four feet in front of a line drawn to the center of home plate. The inside line of the batter's box is six inches from the edge of home plate. The lines of the batter's box are considered inside the box. In cases where there are not batter's lines evident, good judgement must be used and the benefit of any doubt must go to the batter. So according to the ASA when no lines are present any doubt must go to the batter. This is probably where the rule can be hit or miss, because the ump can say there is no doubt in his mind so the ruling will not be in favor of the batter. Where as the batter might say there is doubt and the ruling must go in his favor. IMO if there are no lines, then you should only call player out if he/she steps on the plate. Stepping anywhere else and getting called out is going to cause drama if no lines are present. |
| Sept. 28, 2015 chris7907 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: No batters box, Umpire calling batter out for hitting outside the batters box Hey everyone. First time poster here. I have a quick question. I play in a small beer league at a park near my home. We have foul lines on the field, but there are no batter box lines. I have never seen an umpire call a batter out for stepping outside the batters box while hitting until this last weekend. I always knew the rule existed, but never really seen it enforced. My question is, can a batter be called out in leagues that don't put down batter box lines? We don't have the lines there to help us or guide us, so we feel like it kind of unfair to enforce the rule. Any help or advise is appreciated. Thank you. |
