Mon Feb 09, 2004, 12:26pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by greymule
I think many on this board would agree that it is a little too late for that claim, Claven!
Probably so. I just wish the rulebook meant what it said, said what it meant, and did not mislead the reader with ambiguities. There's something wrong when a group of experienced umpires, all with a rulebook in their hands, can't agree on how a play should be called.
"Claven"? I give up!
And I still want to know: batter swings and misses, but ball hits plate just before bat reaches ball. Do we call that a ball?
[Edited by greymule on Feb 8th, 2004 at 11:00 PM]
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If that swing, in my judgment, was an honest attempt to put the ball into play, I'm calling the strike.
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