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Expert: Patrick Clevenger - 7/16/2008


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Do two-strike foul balls count towards the pitchers official pitch count even though they don't count against the hitter? If so, are they recorded as strikes, balls, or something else?

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Any ball that the pitcher throws to home plate in the course of an at-bat is considered as part of the pitch count.  Any pitch fouled off by the batter after two strikes is not counted against the batter, but still contributes to the pitchers pitch count.

Sorry, it took so long to get back, but I was out of town all last week.

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Patrick Clevenger

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I know a lot about the rules of the game, most of the players (especially more recently), and I try to memorize the World Series winners, from at least 1970 on.

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Huge fan of the sport.

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Nothing related to baseball, everything I learned I learned by watching the game, playing the game, and ESPN.

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