D3K, Check Swing Appeal

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jr131981

assuming the appeal is going to be ruled a swing, this means the batter swung her bat, theoretically, far enough to be consider a strike. this if there was any doubt in her mind, she should run to 1B.

what im saying is, why the need to protect the batter who 1) swung and 2) made no effort to run to 1B when there is no downside to running

I'm not sure what bothers me more - your dogged determination to "win the argument" or the implication that in this OBVIOUS situation it sounds like you'd still honor the appeal that late (notably the exact opposite of what I've personally heard in many different levels of clinics, for several years).

Holding the batter to the standard of running every time you call ball on a check swing that hits the ground is not a good idea (especially in the case listed here).