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Originally Posted by mcarr
I have a question concerning a checked swing. When is a checked swing a strike? Is it when the barrel of the bat passes the front of the plate, or when the hands on the handle pass the front of the plate? In a game the other day, we had a batter check his swing by turning his shoulders. The barrel of the bat never passed the front of the plate, but the hands did. He called it a strike, and I was in position C, so I couldn't tell one way or another. I looked in both the rule and case book and couldn't find anythng on it. I just want to make the right call if this situation should happen again.
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Other than in NCAA rules, the actual position of the bat is not how check swings are judged. The main criteria an umpire uses in making this decision is "did the batter make an attempt" or "did he control the bat, and not make an attempt, in fact checking his swing."
NCAA has other criteria, on which I will let the NCAA "rules mavens" comment.