Same old same old

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by tcblue13

For what it is worth, I heard a commentator in the Michigan Oklahoma game that it is considered a swing if the bat breaks the plane of the plate. Maybe you NCAA guys could respond as to whether that is the case. I probably would not call a check swing that the bat did not at least make it to perpendicular to the batter's body.

There is nothing different in the NCAA rules or umpire manual about what constitutes a swing (other than the already stated bunt exception, requiring a batter to pull back a squared bat). The same guidelines as anywhere else.

My personal point of no return is when the bat head has advanced to the point that contact with the ball could result in a fair ball; that is a swing. I hardly look at the batter's hands or movements; I watch the bat head.