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Old Mon Apr 20, 2009, 08:36am
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The batter must "offer" at the ball - that is, move the bat toward the ball in some manner. Merely holding the bat in the strike zone does NOT call for a strike on a pitch that is not in the strike zone. This is one of the myths of baseball.
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