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The old "hands are part of the bat" argument only come up in one of my games last year (though it did rear its ugly head on internet discussion boards and in casual conversation).
And that one time was a surprise. This was a varsity baseball game with one of the better teams in the area coached by a guy that's been around forever. The coach actually argued this just short of the point of ejection before calming down. But he did assure me that he would be contacting our state high school athletic association to inform them that their umpires were not interpreting the rule correctly and that I should be expecting an email from them to confirm the error of my ways.
After the game I jotted down my name, email address and state I.D. number for him and asked him to make sure to include that in his report.
Funny thing- it's been almost a year and I still haven't heard anything back...
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