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Old Mon Aug 29, 2011, 03:01pm
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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp View Post
You're correct, I've not seen it.

The thought of a 40-50 MPH pitch coming in and striking an uncontrolled bat in mid-air right in front of a catcher is, well, unnerving.

If discarding the bat in that manner to hit the ball hinders the catcher from making a play on the ball, would you not consider that INT under 8-2-F-5?
It's hard to visualize, but I have never had the bat even come close to interfering with F2, or more importantly, me!

The bat doesn't 'fly' when the ball hits it, it just pretty much falls to the ground.
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