Slow pitch, half swing

DeputyUICHousto · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 13, 2011, 12:30am

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Really?? So every checked swing which makes contact with the ball is a bunt??

Definition: A pitched (sic, should be batted) ball that is INTENTIONALLY tapped with the bat, slowly, WITHIN THE INFIELD.

OP has batter popping up to shallow right field. How can that be classified as a bunt, no matter what the batter did to get it there??

I don't think I remember ever seeing a check swing in 23 years of slow pitch umpiring. Not saying its never happened just saying I don't remember one.

IRISHMAFIA · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 13, 2011, 08:41am

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Originally Posted by DeputyUICHousto

I don't think I remember ever seeing a check swing in 23 years of slow pitch umpiring. Not saying its never happened just saying I don't remember one.

Really? So, Texans are a decisive group.

See them all the time in my area. Guess out players cannot make up their mind.

Dakota · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 13, 2011, 10:22am

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Really? So, Texans are a decisive group.

Probably more like Texans can't imagine there could ever be a pitch they can't hit...

AtlUmpSteve · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 13, 2011, 10:38am

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Originally Posted by DeputyUICHousto

I don't think I remember ever seeing a check swing in 23 years of slow pitch umpiring. Not saying its never happened just saying I don't remember one.

Is there a separate definition for a bunt in slow pitch? I bet you have seen more than a few doing fast pitch (or modified, if any in your area).

The point is that a bat stopping in the middle of a swing (your words, mind you), is still, in fact, a swing, not a bunt.

Umpteenth · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 13, 2011, 01:31pm

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Is there a separate definition for a bunt in slow pitch?

Yep. Rule 7.6.H - THE BATTER IS OUT (Slow Pitch)When the batter bunts or chops the ball.

But, you knew that.

celebur · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 13, 2011, 01:53pm

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Originally Posted by Umpteenth

Yep. Rule 7.6.H - THE BATTER IS OUT (Slow Pitch)When the batter bunts or chops the ball.

But, you knew that.

I would have expected the definition of a bunt to actually be a definition. Please try again.

Umpteenth · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 14, 2011, 08:38am

BUNT: A pitched ball that is intentionally tapped with the bat, slowly, within the infield.

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