Advice needed on "Hands part of the bat" myth

[aschramm]

Thanks UmpJM. I was pretty sure I had the call correct. The problem was that I was still thinking about it for the rest of the game (another 1 1/2 innings), and couldn't completely shake it off (and it was definitely distracting while trying to call balls and strikes). But after reading through the rule again, and reading through this thread, I'm glad I know that I made the correct call.