Anti-Clone wrote:The BATTER'S box belongs to the...wait for it...BATTER.
Pitches belong over or near the plate. Don't want to pitch there? Fine. But there are rules to handle that.
Anyone capable of doing math can conclude that for the ball to be ENTIRELY within the batter's box, it has to be thrown 10 inches off the plate. Only a fool would argue that by throwing a pitch more than 10 inches from the strike zone + hitting the batter = taking the inside corner away. I don't know how you define "corner" but if you miss a 17 inch plate by 10 or more inches, you can't cry about a batter getting 1st base.
I have not seen a single pitch get to the batters box. I have seen 5 of about 20 that appeared to be over the plate, yet the batter got their base. Everyone of them the batter distinctly moved towards the ball. The movement is quick/subtle, but clearly looking like Rudi Stien.
Are you seeing it differently?