slap hitter

[mcrowder]

Atl, I disagree. Batter sets up to bunt, and moves the bat toward the ball (forward, backward, up, down... don't care), it's a bunt attempt.

To differentiate between a swing and a bunt --- a bunt normally has the handle of the bat moving in approximately the same direction and speed as the barrel of the bat. A slap or swing normally has the barrel of the bat moving significantly faster than the handle of the bat.

It is possible (the batter doesn't have much accuracy here, but it's POSSIBLE) for a batter to start with a bunt, and convert to a slap or swing without recocking --- but it looks like a batter throwing the barrel of the bat forward while holding on to the handle. I've SEEN it, but I haven't seen it with much success.