Bunt Attempt MLBUM Citation

[mstaylor]

I can see holding the bat out there as the catcher is throwing to second to meet interference. If he isn't attempting to bunt then he shouldn't be holding after the pitch. I am certainly not saying it is interference for trying to block the catcher's eyes. I've heard the same argument for bat wagging, not illegal either. 

[johnnyg08]

I can see holding the bat out there as the catcher is throwing to second to meet interference.

Agree, but that's not the OP.

[dumbdumb]

 

 

 

What's wrong with just the rules?

 

2.00 A STRIKE is a legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which—

(a) Is struck at by the batter and is missed;

 

 

2.00 A BUNT is a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped

slowly within the infield.

 

No attempt no strike. No attempt - no bunt.

 

Other rules:

 

FED  A bunt is a fair ball in which the batter does not swing to hit the ball, but holds

the bat in the path of the ball to tap it slowly to the infield.

 

ART. 1 . . . A strike is charged to the batter when:

b. a pitch is struck at and missed

 

 

NCAA  SECTION 13. A legally batted ball, not swung at but intentionally met with the

bat and tapped within the infield.

 

SECTION 4. A strike is:

a. A legal pitch struck at by the batter without the ball touching the bat;

Rich,

      The problem that I have run into with this is that every person (including umpires) who want this called a strike believes that leaving the bat out IS an attempt to strike the ball.  It is very hard to convince them otherwise.  The one thing that I have found effective in some cases is to compare it to a rattlesnake coiling up and rattling.....has he struck or is he simply in the ready position to strike?  Or if I draw back my fist and stop....have I struck yet?  Some of them I can get through to but nothing short of a ruling IN WRITING is going to convince the hardheads.  By the way, The 2013 high School Rules By Topic book addresses this on page 70 (last sentence of the 1st paragraph) (7.2.1 SITUATION B)."The mere holding of the bat in the strike zone is not an attempt to bunt(10-1-4 Note)". 

 

 

 

So given that the OBR and NCAA rules say the same thing as FED for strike and bunt try to convince them that the answer is thus the same.

 

The 2013 LL rule book (OBR Based) says it isn't a strike right in 2.00 Bunt. Would that help? If so see if you can find someone in your area that has one.

 

 

I'm confused. Rich's "hold the bat in front" says that is a bunt, but someone else's says "hold the bat in front" is not a bunt.

Scratching my head.

[mstaylor]

Rich does not have it as a strike either

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2

[johnnyg08]

Rich does not have it as a strike either

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2

I can't find a post from Rich stating that either. For some reason I keep following this thread. I need sleep.