Sat May 13, 2017, 03:52pm
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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Over the years, the rules-makers have made every systematic effort to remove wording from the books suggesting that umpires guess WHY a player did something; we don't judge intent, we judge an action (or non-action). In that vein, we simply should not be guessing, assuming, or even strongly believing why she didn't throw; she didn't throw!!
Absent contact with the batter or that interfering bat in a throwing motion, no throw means no play.
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Good. I think that is what I have been applying in similar cases.
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