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and this point may draw me some heat, but this is why I do not allow "bat Waggling" on bunt attempts...I have long considered this a cheap tactic to draw a ball in youth baseball but had put up with it......until I had a coach who sent a batter up with no intention of swinging, but had him square up and waggle the bat on each and every pitch...now this young man was more concerned with bat waggling than pulling back and a few times he barely missed the ball and once he fouled one off....totally acidentally....confirmed by the coach who said "billy, I told you to pull out earlier"......ended up striking out ....at my next game during the plate meeting I told the coaches of both teams that I would no longer tolerate bat wagging and would call a strike on anyone who did as "offering" at a bunt attempt....coach asked me what if he pulled out early....I contend that I have seen players swing before the ball left the mound area and after the ball was in the catcher's glove...and they were strikes as well.............now this is youth ball 8-10, 11-12 and not older leagues ...has made it easier to determine if he offered.......by not having to sift through 10 bat waggles to determine which one was an offer.........
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