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Originally Posted by topper
Maybe I'm older or younger than you, but as a kid, if we didn't pull our bat back when squaring to bunt, it was a strike.
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Nowhere I played or umpired. Scanning MLB, I cannot find anything that suggest such a rule in baseball.
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I know of no baseball code that requires the batter to pull back the bat. The umpire must judge if the batter actually offered at the ball.
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
I just think it is absurd calling a strike on a pitch that is neither in the strike zone or that the batter has attempted to hit.
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Me too. I did not have to call this last year,so maybe the teams were fast learners.