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Rich,
It was a pitch, but it was clear that in our opinion (and the ump's opinion is the only one that counts) the batter was not even CLOSE to trying to strike at the ball. He wasn't confused and thought the ball was in the strike zone, or anything like that.
Think about it like this: Pitcher pitches. The batter is in the box, and is kinda like swinging the bat back and forth in a pendulum fashion, the way many do when waiting for a pitch. He lets another pendulum go while the pitch is coming in, obviously not trying to hit the ball, but just as a habit. Kind of scratching your head, or something like that. Should you call a strike at this as well?
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