crazy strikeout

[MT 73]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

How far away from the batter is your demarcation point?

Can a batter claim they didn't mean to strike at a pitch? After all they know and you have to speculate.

Batter thought he was being funny. He swung on purpose. Call it.

So you agree that he did not attempt to strike at the pitch...

[Welpe]

I'm not even thinking of calling that anything other than a strike. Doing otherwise is trying too hard to be a rule book pioneer.

What's the expected call when a pitch is thrown and the bat is swung? A strike. Stick with that.

[parrothead]

I think he was trying to be funny by swinging, but someone brought it up, I always was curious when/if ever is the "statute of limitations" on a thrown pitch, so batter recognizes ball is past C, can they then swing and run? We have all seen batters way late on pitches and literally swing when ball is in glove? I guess this comes down to intent to hit the ball?