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Originally Posted by browna
That's the thing. The awareness is a good thing, for sure and being super strict in preseason to drive home the rule change is a good idea. But preseason or not, what if some ump *thinks* he sees out of the side of his eye, some flinch or some foot movement by a batter, constituting, in his opinion, not being set in the batter's box?
Maybe I'm making too much of it, and maybe the rule is or should be more cut and dry(the batter just needs to be in the batter's box when there is 8 seconds left, if he is set or not) but leaving anything like this to the interpretation of umpires is opening a can of worms.
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Agreed fully. Umps have shown they're ego driven so if it is not clear, should be defined better.