answers: the batter is out
context: as a defensive gimmick by St. Louis manager Eddie Dyer to psych out and hopefully contain Boston slugger Williams. It was devised by Cleveland Indians manager Lou Boudreau on a blackboard between games of a doubleheader in July 1946 to halt Williams' hot hitting. "I always considered The Boudreau Shift a psychological, rather than a tactical victory," wrote Lou Boudreau in his book, "Player-Manager". The shift has been employed since then to thwart extreme pull hitters (mostly lefties), such as Barry Bonds, Ryan Howard, Jason Giambi, David Ortiz, and Mark Teixeira. Typically the third baseman moves to the left where </s> plate appearance in the order specified by the batting order, repeating the sequence once the ninth batter has made a plate appearance. Occasionally, one or more batters may bat in the incorrect order. In Major League Baseball, this violates rule 6.01(a) of the Official Baseball Rules. Batting out of turn is ignored by rule unless a member of the defensive team notifies the umpire that an infraction has occurred. Once the umpire is notified, he enforces the rule based on the batting order he had received, which says that the batter is out. At any time, the proper batter is </s> pitch is usually called. One of the most famous no pitch calls was when ten-time All-Star Randy Johnson hit a bird with a pitch. The ball was near the plate when it hit a flying bird. In fact, this no pitch call is so well known that there are more Google search results for "Randy Johnson bird" than there are for "Randy Johnson baseball." No pitch A no pitch is a pitch in baseball that is ruled to be not a ball, a strike or a balk. There are various reasons an umpire would rule a no pitch. If the
question: what happens when you bat out of order in mlb