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Originally Posted by njdevs00cup
I had a 50/70 game last night w/ 11 year olds. Inside pitch, the kid jumps out the way and tries to use the bat to prevent the ball from hitting him. The ball goes to the backstop. I called a strike on the swing. The third base coach comes running down and says, he did not intend on hitting the ball, he was protecting himself. I asked him if he hit a homerun while protecting himself, would we wave it off? Was this correct?
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Did he try to hit the ball with the bat? That's all that matters. I don't think a home run is possible so the comment you made may be out of line.