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Double swing thru the strike zone
NFHS, last game of the season, no playoff issues for either team. Score is mounting and team A eventually wins 19-2. Late in the game, batter for A decides to experiment/hot dog/accept a dare or whatever. Batting left-handed, just as the ball leaves the pitcher's hand, she swings while stepping forward in the batter's box like a slap-hitter. She is intentionally swinging very early with no intent to hit the ball at this point. She completes her swing, releases her left hand, continues the swing with her right hand, reaches back with her left hand and grabs the swinging bat behind her with her left hand and continues swinging with her left hand in a second swing thru the strike zone. She hits the pitch on the ground in a slap-hit manner and gets an infield hit. Lots of "oohs" and "aahs" and whooping from teammates and fans. Impressive, but is it legal? If not, what rule do you cite? And if she misses the second time, do you call two strikes -- either by rule or playing along with her hot-dogging?
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Was this done to taunt the opponents?
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It didn't appear to be a taunting act. I would characterize it more as a frivolous and playful moment by the batter and her teammates during a game that was clearly decided. Winning team going to the playoffs and having some fun, losing team playing out the season and silently acknowledging and perhaps admiring the skills of the winning team.
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For the record though, you can never charge 2 strikes on one pitch.
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Showboating/grandstanding maybe, taunting? Give me a break.
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The batter should have received a strike call. A batter cannot swing more than one time at one pitch. Dead ball, Strike.
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Bringing the bat through the strikezone with no intent to hit the ball is not a strike. Nothing illegal about this sitch, and it's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be allowed.
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If you truly feel that there was no attempt to hit the ball at all, and only an attempt to interfere .... don't you think that is not a strike, but rather interference?
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Please do not tell me that you would rule INT just because a batter moved the bat without trying to hit the ball.
I guess the next part of this thread will move to the "waving" of the bat at the plate to protect a stealing runner.
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