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Originally Posted by Armadillo_Blue
Batter bunts, drops bat, and the bat strikes the ball in fair territory in the box.
Is there an interp or rule somewhere I cannot find that says that since the ball and bat are both still in the box it is a foul ball instead of an out?
All I could find was the rule involving the batter still holding the bat while in the box, not one in which the bat has already been released.
Thanks All
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Armadillo Blue, I have pasted 6.05(h) below. This should answer your question.
6.05(h) After hitting or bunting a fair ball, his bat hits the ball a second time in fair territory. The ball is dead and no runners may advance. If the batter-runner drops his bat and the ball rolls against the bat in fair territory and, in the umpire’s judgment, there was no intention to interfere with the course of the ball, the ball is alive and in play;