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Bunt or no Bunt

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The situation was we had a batter square to bunt and keep his bat steady, he neither moved toward the pitch nor pulled his bat back. The home plate umpire called a ball and the base ump overruled him and said it was a strike because our batter did not pull the bat back. The batter did not "offer" the bunt but just kept his bat over the strike zone. Who is right ?
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piaa_umppiaa_ump5,000+ posts
the home plate umpire was correct...

From the rule book,

A BUNT is a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped slowly within the infield.

The bat must be intentionally moved to the ball in an offer to strike at the pitch.....merely holding the bat over the zone is not an offer or an intent to strike at the ball..........
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Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
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Originally posted by piaa_ump:
the home plate umpire was correct...

From the rule book,

A BUNT is a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped slowly within the infield.

The bat must be intentionally moved to the ball in an offer to strike at the pitch.....merely holding the bat over the zone is not an offer or an intent to strike at the ball..........


That said, if the bat left out there is close to the ball, get ready for a strike call.
Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
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Originally posted by HawksCoach:
Wouldn't the act of moving the bat from the back shoulder into the bunt position meet the definition of a strike? "A STRIKE is a legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which - (a) Is struck at by the batter and is missed"


No. Using that logic there would be no such thing as a checked swing and ball call.
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