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Originally Posted by UMP25
A swing where the batter has to stretch and stick his bat out with no expected desire of contacting the ball for a hit is not a "legitimate" attempt to hit the ball. It's an attempt to mess with the catcher. The batter knew exactly what he was doing yesterday. These guys aren't stupid, you know. They try this schit all the time.
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Yeah... but they are ALLOWED to "try this schit all the time". Heck - watch that video again... I think if the catcher hadn't stepped forward to catch the ball even with or ahead of the plate, the batter MIGHT have hit the ball.
Edit to add: If a batter contacted a catcher BEHIND the plate on a pitchout, I could see BI. PPS - if he had hit this ball, it wouldn't be the first time a poorly thrown straight slow pitchout was hit.