Thread: Bunt attempt
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Old Wed Sep 14, 2011, 08:04pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
Who said it was a bunt? I'm referring to the difference of trying to hit the pitch and not.
Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Then again there is also the point that a pitch which hits a bat behind the batters head (still on the shoulder) makes a very good bunt, but it is not a strike if the pitched ball passes near the bat. Why, because the batter wasn't trying to strike the ball which, IMO, is the basis of any pitched ball being called a strike.

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