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Originally Posted by redsoxrules
interesting , I always tought the rule was that if nay part of the bat croses home plate its a strike , wich is what ortiz did , but by reading the rules you just mentioned it dosent say anything about the bat crossing the plate , just the strike zone wich he obviously didn't do .
interesting
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For clarification, the Official Rules state neither, just what I quoted above...
...a different way of saying what I'm trying to say is,
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Originally Posted by a700hitter
The bat stayed on his shoulder.
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It's a judgment call--but how do you call a strike if there's no swing and the ball misses the zone?