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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst (Post 938640)

Inches, Manny, inches.
This is an American game...
:p

Maybe Virginia still thinks they are a colony. ;) :D

Oh, not that, he was looking at an ISF book.

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Originally Posted by CecilOne (Post 940793)

Virginia still KNOWS they are a COMMONWEALTH. ;) :D

Oh, not that, he was looking at an ISF book.

I fixed it for you. ;);) Or, so I've been taught since moving to Virginia.

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Originally Posted by xtremeump (Post 938277)

Batter bunts ball straight down,
ball comes straight up.
Batter drops the bat and...
the ball and bat meet in the air in fair territory ?
The BR is in the batters box.
What is the call (all codes) ?

NCAA-(11.14.1) Dead ball. Batter out.

In the A.R. for 11.14.1 SECOND CONTACT which describes a similar play (bat and ball making contact in the air); the last sentence reads…"If in doubt, penalize the batter as she originally controlled the bat before dropping it."