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Originally Posted by Cecil4

An interesting question we discussed last night. Someone saw a video of this.
The batter swings the bat forward, then wraps it around her back and bunts fair from behind her back.

Do you agree that if the forward motion was judged to be a swing and miss, it was a strike and no further attempt is allowed?
Or, if the forward motion was so soon as to be not judged an attempt at the ball, the behind the back contact was the only "swing" and therefore legal and allowed? IOW, a re-position of the bat.

I actually saw this happen in a couple of games in a tournament a few years back. I was on the plate both times.

I didn't view the "wrap around" as a swing. When the batter brought the bat around from behind her back (obviously a left handed batter) it was almost as though she was attempting to drop the bat into the path of the pitch while taking off for first base.

I don't remember if she successfully pulled off the trick with a resultant ball put into play. There were a couple of foul balls.

I have to think that this girl had some baton twirling skills in order to try this maneuver. Don't know who might have suggested this in the first place.