2009 NSA Rules - Bunt

kfrisbee · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 03, 2009, 08:43am

Maybe I am off my nut, but does the 2009 NSA rulebook state that a bunt is not legal?

Rule 1, Sec. 11
BUNT: A bunt is a fair ball in which the batter does not take a full
swing at the ball but holds the bat in such a manner in the path of the
ball to tap the ball slowly to the infield. EFFECT: The ball is dead,
the batter is out, and baserunners may not advance.

Dakota · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 03, 2009, 09:06am

Oops!

AtlUmpSteve · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 03, 2009, 09:14am

Quote:

Originally Posted by kfrisbee

Maybe I am off my nut, but does the 2009 NSA rulebook state that a bunt is not legal?

Rule 1, Sec. 11
BUNT: A bunt is a fair ball in which the batter does not take a full
swing at the ball but holds the bat in such a manner in the path of the
ball to tap the ball slowly to the infield. EFFECT: The ball is dead,
the batter is out, and baserunners may not advance.

If you are reading the Slowpitch Rules, yes. It has been years since I willingly looked at an NSA rulebook, but I seem to recall the format is all slowpitch, then fastpitch as exceptions.

No version of slowpitch that I know about allows bunting.

kfrisbee · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 03, 2009, 10:57am

Aw man....

I was reading the slowpitch rules. My bad, thanks for the lesson

NSA sure publishes a rulebook that is easy to use.

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