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					Originally Posted by  BK47
					 
				 
				If you are offering at a pitch, then your hands are a part of the bat.  Nothing more needs to be discussed. 
			
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 Thanks for playing.  Don Pardo, tell 
BK47 about his consolation prize.
If the batter offers and it hits his hands, it's a dead ball strike.  Certainly not the same as "the hands are part of the bat" which would imply that offering and the ball hitting the hands would be foul.