'making an attempt' on bunt

[mcrowder]

"The casebook seems to require that the bat be moved toward the pitched ball in order to register a strike. Very well then"

One note - a coach one night had apparently either read this or had it explained to him this way, with these words.

His batter moved the bat up and toward the catcher in trying to bunt the ball, and he insisted (to the point of protest, even) that I was incorrectly ruling this an attempt to hit the ball, since he didn't move the bat TOWARD THE PITCHER.

Toward the pitched (ie MOVING) ball is what matters.

A few of us had beer on his protest fee the following week.