Does it count as an attempted swing if the pitcher pitched a ball right at your face... and you put your hands to your face.. and the bat is still in your hands..and the ball hits your hands not the bat. I got called as a foul for that today.. but it's not like i even swung. My dad complained but I'm not sure what's right, I think I should reason with my dad that it doesnt count as a swing and I should take my base though since he coaches baseball at a college. What do you think?
2006-06-28 17:13:01 · 10 answers · asked by fdgfgfdgd 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
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2006-06-28 17:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you moved your hands is such a way that the head of the bat crosses the plate in a forward motion toward the pitcher then it is considered a swing even if it hits you. If, on the other hand, your hands come straight up and the head of the bat does not cross the plate, then it is a hit batsman if the ball hits your hands only or hits your hands before hitting the bat. If the ball hit your hands and the bat at the same time, you could have simply been distracted by the pain and not heard the ball hit the bat, whereas the umpire may have heard the unmistakable sound of the ball hitting wood and assumed it hit the bat first thus calling it a foul ball. Hope that answers it for you.
2006-06-29 01:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by baseball freak 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball Freak (the answer above me) is correct. If the head of the bat crosses the plate, a strike is called and the ball is dead, even if it hits you after the fact.
It sounds as if you didn't make an attempt to get out of the way, instead you just shielded yourself. Therefore if you didn't swing and the ball hit you, it's still not a hit batsman, simply a ball (since it's not in the strike zone)
Check rule 6.08 of the Major League rules.
2006-06-29 01:50:37 · answer #3 · answered by bucksbeat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just have to throw my two cents in on what someone else said. The hands ARE NOT part of the bat. That is one of the biggest myths in baseball.
Sounds to me like a hit batsman, assuming the head of the bat did not cross the plate, it which case it was a strike.
2006-06-29 02:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by I'll Try 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the ball hit your hands it is a hit batsman. You should have been able to take your base. I saw the answer that states that your hands are part of the bat, but that answer is crap. The ump. obviously missed the call in this case.
2006-06-29 01:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by bdetraz2112 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your fingers and hands on the bat are considered a part of the bat. In the official rules it is a foul ball. Anytime you have the bat in your hands your hands are part of the bat.
2006-06-29 00:42:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the ball didn't hit the bat, then it is by defenition not a foul ball. Argue whether it was a swing (which overrides a HBP) or a HBP, but the call was clearly wrong.
2006-06-29 01:21:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anon28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dead ball, pitch dosent count... unless the umpire makes the judgement that the bat intentionally crossed the plate, then you shielded yourself, but by the sounds of it your bat didnt cross the plate and your hands just went straight to your face with the bat in your hands, so my call is a dead ball
2006-06-29 13:50:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any time the ball makes contact with the bat it is a foul ball.
2006-06-29 00:45:40 · answer #9 · answered by SPARKY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you swing at a pitch that comes close to hitting you or it does hit you after you swing at it then it's a swing not a hit by pitch
2006-07-05 12:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋