Ball hits bat on ground

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by akalsey
That might be a hard call to get anyone to swallow. Since not many people actually have (or have even seen) the MLBUM, I have a hard time making calls that appear to conflict with the rulebook based simply on an interpretation of a book used by MLB umpires in pro ball.

I'm pretty sure that the same statement is in PBUC/NAPBL