Thread: Bunt attempt?
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Old Sun Mar 11, 2007, 09:50pm
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Originally Posted by greymule
ASA FP.

What criteria do you guys use to draw the line between a bunt attempt and a weak slap?
This seems to crop up a couple of times a year. Seems to me that MOST people's criteria is either as follows, or similar enough to this to get the exact same call 99% of the time.

For me - if the barrel of the bat is moving faster than the handle, it's a swing/slap. If the barrel of the bat is moving the same speed or slower than the handle, it's a bunt.
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