If a batter spins around to get out of the way of a pitch and his hands cross the plate is it a strike?
Question:The bat does not leave his shoulder
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Not unless the pitch crossed the strike zone, you have to make an attempt to hit the pitch which may be referred to as "breaking your wrist".Roger Clemens says he will only pitch in home games?what do you think about that?
yes the rules clearly state that a full swing is when the bat crosses 3/4 of the plate there for regardless of where the pitch was if it was considered a full swing its a strike even if he was moving to avoid getting hit.Please explain the appeal of baseball?
If he is spinning in the direction that he would be swinging, and his bat breaks the plane of the plate, then yes. If he spins around and makes contact with the ball, and it goes into play, it would be a hit.Do the 2007 Yankees remind fans of the Yanks of the mid and late 80's?
no. only way its a strike is if the barrel of the bat gets off the shoulders and through the strike zone.Why won't the Mets win it all this year?
You do see this from time to time, and the pitch is a strike only if it's called one, ie if it passes through the strike zone as it crosses the plate. But if the batter is spinning out of the way, he can't help but take the bat with him. However, If the bat didn't leave his shoulder, then he hasn't even started to swing, let alone try to check his swing.The catcher, however, will seemingly always point to the appropriate umpire to ask for an appeal.
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The hands are irrelevant; the bat is. If a right-handed batter spins to his left and keeps the bat up, he's probably not swinging. But if he drops the bat head down and appears to be trying to deflect the ball away with the bat, he's going to be charged with a strike.There is no definition of a swing in the rules, so no one here can really answer the question definitively -- as I'm sure you're trying to get an answer for a specific situation you witnessed.
But if, as you say, the bat never left the shoulder, it's not a swing, as the batter did not strike at the ball.
In determining whether a batter has swung, the plate umpire considers whether the batter was trying to hit the ball. One criterion umpires use is whether the barrel went beyond the batter's body.
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not many batters are going to turn so that their face is to the ball, it should come naturally that they turn their backs into it, and if they do, then it's not a strikeDid the Yankees finally win a game?
To strike at the pitch the batter must swing. THAT is what the rules state ( love the 3/4 explanation which is total bunk). If the bat never left the shoulder it cannot be called a swining strikeMore Questions & Answers...