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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED
Ok rec league tourney game. Batter squares to bunt hold bat still while pitch goes in the dirt. PU calls a ball. Defensive coaches want a strike called cause she didn't move her bat. PU handles it well, but one of the rec league umpires keeps talking in the dugout about how we were wrong that was a strike she should be out (had 2 strikes on her at the time) yada yada. 3rd base coach comes up to talk to me in between innings (I am rabbit, yes 3 person in rec league....UIC wanted to be on the field since a couple of fans for this team liked to get rowdy) I tell him in college they are right bat in zone is a strike, but ASA and FED you have to make an attempt to contact the ball or it is nothing. So now I am looking in the book, admittedly quickly, and I can't seem to find where it tells me that. Can anyone help with a rule reference for ASA and Fed if available.
Thanks!
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ASA R/S 10.
"On a bunt attempt where the batter puts the bat across the plate and the pitched ball is out of the strike zone, a ball should be called unless the batter moves the bat toward the ball."
There really is no rule that says a batter may hold her bat in the zone, but the mere definition of a strike, or a bunt indicate the batter must attempt to hit the ball.
I don't think FED has a similar statement as ASA R/S 10, but the definition of a swing/strike attempt is the same.
It is correct that NCAA states the bat must be pulled back. A problem there is, did she pull back, or forward then back? You still have to determine if she actually attempted a swing.