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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Some disagreements on here, or debates, are the result of people with opposing understandings of something trying to talk through the situation and resolve it, in order to make us better umpires.
Other debates or debaters come from people just saying whatever they can to "win" the argument. This sort of thing serves no purpose, and doesn't make anyone better.
Your response, here, is the latter. Rich was referring to THIS scenario. Your "rebuttal" (using the term incredibly loosely) has nothing at all to do with this scenario (unless, I guess, you're allowing the catcher to set up in fair territory, or are imagining a scenario where the batter tosses the bat to hit a pitch out... hits it... and somehow defying physics the bat propels itself into fair territory to interfere with someone trying to field that hit.)
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Rich said: "There is NO LEGAL WAY you can punish a batter for making a legitimate attempt to hit a pitch." I disagreed with that general statement and cited 6.05(h) Comment (which, with respect to the part about a whole bat being thrown, does not require a batted ball).
BTW: I have a great deal of respect for Rich and his knowledge and understanding of the rules. We have butted heads before, and he has consistently supported his views with rule cites and cogent arguments, rather than resorting to personal attacks by cutting, pasting and reposting childish gibberish.