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Originally posted by quiggley94
12 and under leauge, usssa rules
batter offers a bunt, but dosen't attempt to strike the pitch.
Is that an automatic strike(ie:like a swing), or will it be called by strike zone?
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quiggley,
There is a difference between "offering" while bunting, and simply "squaring around."
If the batter squares around to bunt as does not move his bat in any way towards the pitch, he has not "offered", and the pitch should be judged either a ball or a strike on it's own merit.
If however you feel that he has moved the bat toward the pitch then you would consider this an "offer" and ring up the strike on this action alone.
Don't get hung up on whether or not the barrel of the bat is extended beyond the front of the plate, or past the batters front knee. If he does nothing the pitch will still call itself.
Tim.