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The signal has the value of communicating that the umpire knows the bat hit ball and has judged it to be "sharp & direct"; not foul and a live ball.
A totally missed ball is also neither fair nor foul, so that's what this is, a tipped strike.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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