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Well, with all due respect everyone else, if I hear it, I'm going to call it even if I didn't see it.
If I hear a thump or double-thump and the catcher doesn't have the ball or there isn't a pile of pigeon feathers on the plate, odds are the first thump was the bat against the glove.
The umpire is looking for the ball to pass through the strike zone, not the bat. If you know the sound, make the call.
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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