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But the rule states the catcher must be in the catcher’s box with nine seconds left on the clock.

A catcher is required to be in the catcher’s box with nine seconds left on the clock and a hitter in the batter’s box and focused on the pitcher with eight seconds remaining.

A catcher will be required to be in the catcher’s box with nine seconds left on the clock and a hitter in the batter’s box and focused on the pitcher with eight seconds remaining.

Japan also uses 12 permanent nylon markers — four around each batter’s box and four around the catcher’s box — as guides for laying chalk lines around those spaces; in the U.S., a metal template is brought out before each game for the markings.

The league will eliminate the catcher’s box and paint a chalk line from the back of second base to the outfield grass as a restraining line for shifts.