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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
I saw the bat move back slightly but it still broke the plane of the plate IMO.
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The bat broke the plane or the pitch?
Apparently whether or not the bat is over the plate is irrelevant, the batter has to actually make an attempt to hit the ball on a bunt for it to be considered a strike. I’ll be honest I didn’t know that. I thought you had to pull the bat back in time. But apparently you can just hold your bat over the plate and as long as you make no attempt to strike the ball it’s not considered offering at the pitch.
It looked to me like that ball was inside and he wasn’t making an attempt to hit the ball he was trying to pull the bat back.
So ignoring the fact that it hit the barrel first which makes it a terrible call it otherwise would’ve been a hit by pitch.