Can ou step across the plate to hit a baseball?

There is a 'batters box' for a reason

Lines on both ends...boxed in.

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Not the OP's question but I have a very close friend who plays minor league ball and is a middle reliever in double A ball. He is hoping to be called up to triple A soon.

I played baseball up through high school and was usually on the all star team.

Last year, he threw a few pitches at me while warming up his arm. I could hardly focus on the ball (it is so freaking fast).

I swung a half a dozen times for fun and never touched it.

MLB batters are unreal athletes.