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Batter intentionally kicks the pitch!
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Doing a 10u Pony game last night and a batter intentionally, kicked his foot into the ball that crossed low and inside.
I could have very easily ruled dead ball strike, but IMO the pitch was a ball. I called the ball dead, and the pitch a ball w/o awarding 1B to the BR.
The kid must have been warming up for some hacky-sack with his teammates, because that exactly how it appeared. He tried to catch the pitch mid air with his foot.
Did I miss anything other than an oppty to call this kid out on the dead ball strike (that was really a Ball, inside)?
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Why would it be a dead ball strike? Did he swing? That's what I would have done: the batter clearly permitted the pitch to hit him (FED) and made no attempt to avoid the pitch (OBR). The b
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