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Originally posted by aevans410
...inside pitch that gets the batter in the hands. I send him to first. My BU comes to me and says (loud enough for everyone to hear him) Sir, thats not right. He then proceeds to tell me the hands are part of the bat, and its a foul ball. Of course, the fans hear this, and they all start the "hands are part of the bat" chatter....
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Sounds like a great opportunity to educate this young 16-year old wanna-be and several of the fans.
Throw a bat out on the ground and say, "Show me the hands on that one." Loud enough so that everyone else can also hear, of course.
"That's right. The hands are part of the body, not the bat. And if the ball hits any part of the body, including the hands, we have a dead ball. And, if the batter wasn't judged to have swung at the pitch, he gets 1st."
"Now if you will let me call my stuff - anything to do with the batter and the pitcher, I'll try not to interrupt your calls on the bases."
