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Originally posted by booker227
When I'm behind the plate and the batter squares to bunt, holding the bat at the face of the plate and she doesn't take the bat back as the ball crosses the face of the plate and the bat, it's a strike.
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Whose rules?
You are correct for NCAA, incorrect for most others. Here is a sentence from ASA POE #10,
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On a bunt attempt where the batter puts the bat across the plate, unless the batter moves the bat toward the ball, a strike would not be called if the ball is out of the strike zone.
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IOW, merely holding the bat over the plate as the pitch arrives is NOT a strike in ASA. The batter must make an attempt at the ball.