Missed on Test

[MD Longhorn]

I do apologize if I was overly harsh. It's just that this one particular rule is the measuring stick by which we immediately know if a coach (or screaming parent, or sometimes player) is completely unaware of the entire rulebook. If you took ANY class before taking your test (and I hope they make you do that in your area ... although I'm aware that they don't everywhere), then your clinician should have made this rule crystal clear. If they did not, shame on them --- not you.

And as Bob said ... if you learned something today or from the test, then that's great.

[Mudisfun]

Let's look at the main puzzle piece of the initial post...

Inside fastball which I take to mean coming at the batter. In my mind the batter pulls back and the ball strikes his person. I really can care less that the ball hit his hands unless he was swinging at the pitch. Change the body part to the ball hit his ribs, does that change your thought on ball/strike/fair/foul?

In the question there is no mention of a swing so all I have here is a hit batter.

Time.
You first base.

[zebra2955]

without sounding like a smart a$$. ask yourself this question,

Did he come out of the womb with the bat in his hands?

Or even this. If he lets the bat drop from his hands does it stay in his hands or drop to the ground?

[CoachPaul]

When he bought the bat, did it come with a pair of hands? That's my response to coaches who tell me hands are part of the bat.