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Think about how many times bats end up three to five feet up the third base line that the catcher is always moving because of an impending play. Don't most batters drop a bat at or near home plate, or carry the bat a few steps while running to 1st and then drop the bat, or give the bat a casual flip as they run to 1st? Wouldn't all of that suggest careful attempts to rid the batter of his bat? If that is agreed, than couldn't one presume that a bat that landed 20 feet in the infield ( which any careful batter would not allow to happen )was carelessly allowed to arrive there? IMHO most batters are careful with where their bats end up. When a bat hits a catcher or ends up 20 feet into the infield - that is carelessness.
Just my humble opinion.
[Edited by officialtony on Apr 25th, 2005 at 08:21 AM]
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Tony Smerk
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Sheffield Lake, Ohio
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