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Jake Brentz wild pitch
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McMike
The other day, Jake Brentz threw what's being called the worst pitch ever. Basically he spiked it into the dirt in front of him and it skeetered off to the side.
This made me wonder about rules and scoring. Does it count as an official pitch if it never reaches home plate? (In which case, it's a called a ball, and it's a live ball). Therefore, the act of trying to deliver a pitch makes it a pitch, no matter where it goes, as long as he releases it from his hand in the general direction of the batter?
If he loses his grip and drops it before his arm comes forward, I assume that's a dropped ball, not a pitch? So there is some cutoff point in his motion where it becomes a pitch? I.e. what if he flings it straight up in the air?
Or does it have to somehow reach home plate to be considered a pitch? So it's a no-pitch?
If there is a runner on base, is it a balk, since it never reached the plate?
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