Hit by pitch

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by RadioBlue

Gotta love the TH's "the hands are part of the bat" commentary near the end of the vid. Sheesh.

Considering how lots of batter grip the bat with the pinkie below the knob, you would think the myth would be "the knob is part of the hands" lol. I'd love to hear somebody ask his booth partner, "OK, Joe, if the hands are part of the bat, then a ball hit fair off the hands is in play, right?" There should be a league directive to the announcers with a list of myths they should stop perpetuating!

[MikeStrybel]

I think he made that comment based on the knowledge of a batter being hit by a pitch while swinging. Listen to it again and it sounds like he was trying to say that it doesn't matter if he was hit if he struck at the ball. I once had a partner, an excellent umpire who frequents this board, who said something similar and got away with it during a blow out game. We got a good laugh in the locker room after. He said that he was trying to say that the hands aren't part of the bat but it came out too fast and the coach was too slow.

[Bob James]

And, of course, an obligatory call for instant replay.

I actually laughed out loud at this: "What's going on here, now? Uh-oh . . . Angel Hernandez . . . we made it through eight innings without him being involved in something unusual, now what's he gonna do? . . . You know, you just see his name as one of the umpiring crew and . . ."