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Originally Posted by bobbybanaduck
#3 - Why do they always show the side TV angle on half-swings? Is it true that the bat has to cross the plate to be a strike on a check swing? I can't find a rule reference for this. What happens if a guy is way at the back of the box? they show the side angle because it's as close as they can get to what the base umpire is looking at. crossing the plate has nothing to do with it. the ruling is whether or not the batter committed to his swing in an attempt to hit the pitch.
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Although I'm sure the original poster was talking about Major League games, I'd thought I'd throw out FED (high school) rule 10.1.4a, which states that, on a "half swing...as an aid in deciding, the umpire may note wheter the swing carried the barrel of the bat past the body of the batter, but the final decision is based on wheter the batter actually struck at the ball."