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This happened at one of our high school games... did not happen to our team but I was a little confussed because I had never heard of this.
Player steps into the batters box (right handed batter, not that it matters) swipes her foot from right to left through the batters box. Umpire throws up his hands and yells "dead ball..... strike one to the batter!" When questioned by the coach what just happened, the umpire said the batter kicked dirt out of the batters box which is illegal and the pitcher is awarded a strike.
It is not uncommon for batters to kick the dirt around in the batters box to get their footing set. I have never heard of this.... has anyone else?
Player steps into the batters box (right handed batter, not that it matters) swipes her foot from right to left through the batters box. Umpire throws up his hands and yells "dead ball..... strike one to the batter!" When questioned by the coach what just happened, the umpire said the batter kicked dirt out of the batters box which is illegal and the pitcher is awarded a strike.
It is not uncommon for batters to kick the dirt around in the batters box to get their footing set. I have never heard of this.... has anyone else?