May 17, 2022

Hitter Leaving the Batter’s Box

What is allowed and what are the umpires responsibilities with a hitter leaving the batter's box

Hitter Leaving the Batter’s Box

Major League Baseball has really attempted to speed up the game. One of the ways of doing that is keeping hitters in the batters box. Major League Umpire, Ted Barrett, and Chris Welsh go through some of the delay tactics that hitters will use to get out of the box and explain what the umpire can do to combat this in a simple and easy to follow video.

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