Advice needed on "Hands part of the bat" myth

[gsarosi]

Originally Posted by btdt

Just for the heck of it, print out the 40 myth's of baseball and give it to them.
Might get them thinking

Top 40 Baseball Rule Myths | eteamz

In my teams game yesterday both #1 and #2 from this list happened. For #1 "hands part of the bat" the umpire got it right, and I questioned him, mainly because my assistant and my son (the pitcher) were positive that the hands were part of the bat, the ump told me I was wrong and that was that. For #2, my player beat out a bunt single and then wandered into fair territory on his way back to first they tagged him and the ump called him out. I argued and the home plate ump said that I was right but that he can't overrule the field ump and he was young and new so now he knows the correct rule.