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Originally Posted by LilLeaguer
Since I promised there was one, at least in my opinion.
Situation. On a high, inside pitch, batter checks his swing (in the judgement of PU) and falls backwards to avoid the pitch. As he falls, the barrel of the bat passes in front of his hip and over the front edge of the plate.
I'm not a Fed umpire, so I don't know. Does their code require this be called a strike?
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By definition, if he has checked his swing, he
has checked his swing.