- Jan 22, 2011
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This situation came up in another thread as occurring more frequently lately. It happened in a recent HS game of my DD's. The wrinkle in her game was one of our parents heard the batter admit when the umpire called her back to the batter's box that she knew it had only been ball 3.
What is the call? My first thought was it could be called interference on the batter, but it could be considered the same as dropped third strike, less than 2 outs, runner on 1st, and batter runs to first--- defense should know the count.
If there is no penalty, should the rule be changed to delayed dead ball, runners return to original bases if defense doesn't react and get an out, strike on batter?
- A growing trend that I have seen both in TB and HS involves runners on 1st and 2nd. The hitter has a 2-1 count. If the pitcher throws ball 3, the hitter tosses her bat jogs to 1st, and the runners on 1st and 2nd clap and jog to the next base. I have now seen this done 4 times in games and the defense has been fooled each time. I hope that this is not a growing trend.
What is the call? My first thought was it could be called interference on the batter, but it could be considered the same as dropped third strike, less than 2 outs, runner on 1st, and batter runs to first--- defense should know the count.
If there is no penalty, should the rule be changed to delayed dead ball, runners return to original bases if defense doesn't react and get an out, strike on batter?