Bunt question

[buckweat]

Question about bunts.

On a different BB, I've had a disagreement with another participant. The main bone of contention is what constitutes an attempt.

His quote on that is:

"The batter must actually and deliberately move the bat toward the ball, for it to correctly be called an attempt."

Mine is:

"... the way I interpret it is, the bat might be moving up, down, back, forward or just standing still. If in the umpire's judgement, the batter was attempting to make the bat touch the ball, its a strike."

Please understand that there is more going on in the communications, but the above seems to be the root of the disagreement.

Please comment.