Checked Swing

[ozzy6900]

CoachJM nailed it! We decide if the batter offered, not where the barrel or the hands are.

Also, what do you mean you were in "C" and couldn't tell one way or the other? An umpire should be able to call from anywhere on the field... even from the stands!

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

... An umpire should be able to call from anywhere on the field... even from the stands!

I know that when I was coaching I could easily make this call on a RHB from the 3B dugout.

JM

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

I know that when I was coaching I could easily make this call on a RHB from the 3B dugout.

JM

Sometimes it's harder to make from your new perspective, isn't it?

[DG]

A checked swing is a ball. An unsuccessful checked swing is a strike.

A batter who is trying to check his swing unsucessfully is NOT "offering", he is just too late.

A slow motion study was done of major league batters, and in a large majority of the cases what "appeared" to be a checked swing was not, if you consider a bat crossing the plate to be a swing. So if major league batters can't stop a swing, why should we think a HS player can?

My rule of thumb is that if any part of the bat was at any time over the plate, it's a strike.

Bunts are different so don't confuse the subject. You can have a bat over the plate and it not be a strike.

They always attempted, until in mid-swing they changed their mind. The question is, did they wait too late to change their mind?

[UmpJM]

Steve,

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Sometimes it's harder to make from your new perspective, isn't it?

It's certainly different. For some reason, this one hasn't given me much difficulty yet (as far as I know ).

JM