Hands part of the bat, page 5...

[Dakota]

Originally posted by JEL
The question is this: In an instance where you can not be certain of when (or even if) the ball hit the hands on the swing do you allow the play to finish and take the outcome? What would you do if you were not certain (until well after the play, and this would still be an assumption) that the ball actually hit the batters hands at some point?

I make a distinction between "when" and "if."

If you cannot be certain that the hands were hit, the play stands as a batted ball.

If you know the hands were hit, but cannot be certain when, it is a foul ball.

JMO.