Bunt attempt question

[Bfair]

Judge it as you see it........

I've seen some good but also some awfully poor players in mens leagues.
I've seen players who "poke" at the ball in their bunt attempts.
The poke attempts occur moreso on pitches outside the zone because the batter quickly jabs the bat out to reach the necessary distance. Although the bat may be moving backward after they missed the ball with their poke, without a doubt they intended to strike the ball. Their poor ability simply didn't allow them to come close.

Just because a bat is moving backward doesn't mean that an attempt to bunt the ball did not already occur.

It's your judgment call if you think it's a strike attempt, but if you don't, then it could become the BU's call.......


Freix