Strike or HBP?

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Originally posted by JRSooner
I'm sorry if my terminology is off but I always thought a drag bunt is when a batter is trying to bat his way on base and doesn't square early, but I could be wrong.

I think of a drag bunt as a LH batter who sticks his bat out at the last moment as his body is leaning toward 1B hoping to drag the ball down the 1b line and get an extra step to 1B on his way out of the box. He literally makes contact with the ball, while stepping toward 1B, but feet still clearly in the box or at least not on the ground outside the box. A similar bunt up the 1b line can be done by a RH batter, especially on a low outside pitch, but he is not dragging his bat, but more pushing it toward 1b.