Stepping out of the batters box trying to dodge a wild pitch

[tamss13]

A left handed slapper was at the plate. A pitch took a hard curve as she started into her slap motion she did a twist to avoid getting hit but her foot went out of the batters box and she was called for the strike.

Is it Umps discretion on weather to call a strike of ball when the batter is trying to avoid a wild pitch and steps out of the box? or is it always a strike no matter what?

I am asking as my daughter is switching over to slapping and I need to know how to advise her......and do I need to purchase her armour HA HA

 

[Greatdaytobeawildcat]

Did she swing? Or would the ball have crossed through the strike zone? Otherwise I'm not sure what's going on here...

 

[flash277]

Did she swing? Or would the ball have crossed through the strike zone? Otherwise I'm not sure what's going on here...

Right! I may be wrong, but I don't think there is any penalty for stepping out of a batter box during a pitch, unless you hit the ball, then it's an out.

 

[Strike2]

Assuming the ball was actually off the plate, the strike was called because the umpire decided that she swung, not because she stepped out of the box. The swing doesn't have to be intentional.

 

[radness]

A left handed slapper was at the plate. A pitch took a hard curve as she started into her slap motion she did a twist to avoid getting hit but her foot went out of the batters box and she was called for the strike.

Is it Umps discretion on weather to call a strike of ball when the batter is trying to avoid a wild pitch and steps out of the box? or is it always a strike no matter what?

I am asking as my daughter is switching over to slapping and I need to know how to advise her......and do I need to purchase her armour HA HA

There is also the consideration of not moving out of the way of the pitch to be awarded first base.
Leave that to discussion.

As for wearing protective equipment Think be smart and not injured is the better way to go!

 

[tamss13]

Did she swing? Or would the ball have crossed through the strike zone? Otherwise I'm not sure what's going on here...

To be honest I don't know....with the weird twist maybe.......she did rotate towards the pitcher/1st and ended up facing right foul area.

I was completely perplexed.....all though I was pulling for the other team. One of the parents stated since she stepped out of the box she was giving a strike. I tried to google but can't find the actual rule on strikes as it relates to slapping.

 

[quincy]

There are no rules for slapping, just look up hitting rules. As far as I know BB and SB rules are same.

I think you missed something in the play.

(Or others are not describing it right)

 

[quincy]

DD finger was broke so she was bailing from box. One thing I noticed was the strike zone did change when she bailed. She was small and zone got expanded quite a bit. But nothing obnoxious. It was not an automatic strike when she bailed.

 

[Shiloh]

Highly likely the ump thought her twisting around to avoid the WP was an attempt to strike the ball, so he called it a strike. (As someone else mentioned, strikes can be unintentional; you can even get one called on a hbp.)

Had nothing to do with slapping or stepping out of the box. (If the ball hit the bat while the batter was out of the box, it would have been an out.)

So, judgment call on the strike. Can't be argued, only appealed to the other ump and overturned if the other ump saw it differently.

 

[Itsabouttime]

Be aware that the NCAA just changed the rule (not sure if others will follow) so that when you step out of the box while making contact it is now a strike not an out unless it's the third strike.