Bunting "Strike or not"

Never seen it

I haven't seen an ump not call a strike if the bat is left out over the plate even when the ball was in the dirt or over the catchers head. Guess I have something to look forward to now...

 

We use fake bunts all of the time to advance runners but we have the batter pull the bat back at the very last second strike or not so the catcher cannot jump the play.

 

"batter does not offer at the ball, but leaves the bat in the strike zone"..I do believe I have seen this call this way in high school and that may very well be the rule in high school..if so, it needs to be changed.

 

Bunt

I had this to happen after a coach went up and told the ump what he was going to do and what to call. Our pitcher pitched the ball and it was a strike but because the coach from the other side told him what he was doing and how to call it, it was going to be a ball no matter what! If a ump doesn't know that rule then you sure don't walk up and tell him what to call before you do it.. You just let the ump decide what to do attempt or no attempt and he didn't know that rule so he would have called it a strike most umps do. That's like paying an ump to call it your way.

 

True

This happened in PHS vs. South Meck earlier this season, and the umpire said the S. Meck batter did not offer because there was no forward motion toward the ball. I checked the rule book because it seemed like the most ridiculous rule I'd ever heard, and it was in fact in there that way. Weird.....

 

Where is nc2aump

Anyone know what happened to nc2aump? He used to help set us straight on things like this. Haven't seen him post anything in a while...

 

The NCAA is very clear on this...you must pull the bat back away from the ball and strike zone or it is a strike. I do believe it is different for HS and may read like HS in the ASA rule book.

 

Never heard of it until an umpire informed us. We were at a beach tournament, sitting around the pool late one night discussing some of the lesser known/rarely called rules. He said that the bat must enter the strike zone prior to release and any movement other than back should be considered an attempt on the ball. I've still never seen it called that way, hs or tb.

 

NCAA is obviously as posted.

NFHS (High School) and ASA follow the rule that you must offer at the pitch, leaving the bat out, but not trying to hit the pitch, is nothing.

Dixie Youth adds that waving the bat around (while still not really trying to hit the pitch) should be considered "offering."

However, different umpires will call this differently, but the above is how it is supposed to be called.