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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
ump25...are you a fortune teller? and how many times do you see hitters swing at pitches that they shouldn't swing at? Using that logic, you can't possibly rule BI here...that was a pitch that could have been hit...probably not hit very well, but it could have been hit...you don't know what he was thinking unless you are the hitter!
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That's why umpires get the big bucks.
As HHH has written in the past, there is precident for a ML umpire ruling that a swing is not an attempt.
With a 2-2 count, a batter swung weakly at a wild pitch that was way over his head enroute to the backstop. Figuring he just had strike three on an uncaught pitch, he took off for first. The plate ump brought him back ruling that he did not attempt to hit the pitch.
If he had gotten away with it, you can bet his next at bat would have ended by HBP.
edited to correct typo