NFHS, Bunt Rule

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by topper

Maybe I'm older or younger than you, but as a kid, if we didn't pull our bat back when squaring to bunt, it was a strike.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Nowhere I played or umpired. Scanning MLB, I cannot find anything that suggest such a rule in baseball.

I know of no baseball code that requires the batter to pull back the bat. The umpire must judge if the batter actually offered at the ball.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I just think it is absurd calling a strike on a pitch that is neither in the strike zone or that the batter has attempted to hit.

Me too. I did not have to call this last year,so maybe the teams were fast learners.