This weekend, I saw a batter run on a dropped 2nd strike. The catcher assumed the batter was a better counter than she was and threw the ball to first before the batter got there.
The batter’s manager leaves the dugout to point out to the umpire the mistake, the first base coach also approaches to help as needed and the batter, still assuming it was strike 3 and she was out, runs into the first base dugout and is called out for abandonment. Poor kid, but it was pretty funny.
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