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1) Ball is live and in play unless BR intentionally rolled his bat at the ball. The ruling about the bat hitting the ball twice refers to the batter still holding the bat and striking at the ball twice (as opposed to the ball bouncing up and hitting the bat again).
2) Technically this is correct that he must pitch to at least one batter (OBR). If I'm not mistaken, he may be "not considered a pitcher yet" if he did not throw to the actual catcher in catching position (like warming up with a sub or coach). Whether he was announced or unannounced has no bearing that I am aware of. The age of these players could influence if the umpire "saw" the warm-ups or not. It could easily be unnoticed if no one from the other team complains. Maybe I'm wrong, but sometimes common sense should prevail over displaying (technical) rules knowledge, especially with young kids.
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