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Originally Posted by hawk65
It didn't appear to be a taunting act. I would characterize it more as a frivolous and playful moment by the batter and her teammates during a game that was clearly decided. Winning team going to the playoffs and having some fun, losing team playing out the season and silently acknowledging and perhaps admiring the skills of the winning team.
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In my book showing off in such a manner is a form of taunting. I've given a nice talking to to a few 1B fielders that upon making a great play on a ball down the line have stood by first base and waited for the runner to get close before stepping on the bag. To me this is a form of taunting equal to saying "you thought you could get one by me, but I'm better than you". Alot of times its the attitude that goes with it, and the context in which it happens. Your case and my example are cases where the spirit of the game is being violated. All it takes is F1 to get offended and decide she is going to put one in the middle of the next batter's back (or the current batter if she had missed) and we've got a nice little battle going on.
For the record though, you can never charge 2 strikes on one pitch.