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Originally Posted by jicecone
As long as no attempt is made to make contact with the ball, NO, it is not a strike.
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And of course as with many things in this great game, we get to decide what is an attempt. A player who holds his bat in the strike-zone and then doesn't move at all when the ball comes through the zone, is going to be lookin' at 0-1 when the next pitch comes. (Assuming the count was 0-0.)