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Old Sun Feb 09, 2003, 02:16pm
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Originally posted by lildani14
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Originally posted by greymule
I've seen batters, on very close pitches, turn forward and fall down. The bat does go around, but they were not swinging. The bat and the body moved as a unit as they were avoiding being hit by the pitch. (More in baseball than in softball, I admit.)
On this one...is it a strike? I know I did this once on a bunt I belive. I pulled that bat back to me because it was coming inside but turned into the pitch instead of away. Got called a strike.
Dani,
It all depends on the plate umpire's judgement. If it is called a strike, then it's a strike. If not, then it's probably a ball. There's an awful lot of variables that may be in your situation - so many that it's got to be seen before any judgement here.

Steve M
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