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Originally posted by Rich Ives
See anything there that says it has to be a hittable pitch?
Was it a pitch?
Did the batter strike at it?
You have a strike.
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A STRIKEis a legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which
(a) Is struck at by the batter and is missed;
Read that again. It says "struck at...and is missed." Now we all agree that he missed it. So let's just look at struck at.
Now did this batter attempt to strike the ball with his bat? The rule does not say "it is a strke when the batter swings and misses." The rule says "struck at", therefore he would have to attempt to hit the ball.