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Old Thu Mar 17, 2005, 07:50am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by chuck chopper
Book says its a "strike" not a foul. So arguement in class last night was in FP batter would be out (if already had 2 strikes) Is this proper interpretation ?
Absolutely, and if there was an argument and this was a class of umpires, someone needs work. You cannot have a foul ball if the ball hasn't touched the bat. No, the hands are not part of the bat.

BTW, true in all games, not just FP.
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