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A pitcher in baseball, while attempting to throw a pitch, stumbles, throwing the ball to the ground. The ball slowly rolls about eight feet to the first base side of home plate. While the ball is rolling, and the catcher fields the ball outside fair territory, the batter, while in the batters box, takes a "warm up swing", the umpire calls "strike three"! Is that actually a "strike"?
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biandlargeny · 56-60, M
Technically it would be a strike if the catcher hasn't thrown the ball back to the pitcher. It's a live pitched ball.
WizardofOz · 26-30, M
@biandlargeny Are you an umpire?
biandlargeny · 56-60, M
@WizardofOz I umpired little league up to high school baseball for about 20 years
WizardofOz · 26-30, M
@biandlargeny Well, you are correct. The catcher waited for the ball to cross the foul line, pointed to the umpire, and the umpire called "strike three"! lol It wasn't professional baseball, I'm sure they know better! It was highschool ball but I had to laugh. I would have never thought that would be a strike.
biandlargeny · 56-60, M
@WizardofOz it's a crazy scenario but it could happen. Pro ball player would no to wait..... But maybe not.
WizardofOz · 26-30, M
@biandlargeny I'm thinking a pro player would automatically step out of the batters box. I'm guessing. lol I've never seen that happen but the catcher and umpire were definitely on top of it! I was impressed.
WizardofOz · 26-30, M
Oh, I should say I actually saw it happen yesterday. Everyone was confused!