High School and Pro Rules
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High School and Pro Rules
A small technical question that's been on my mind watching the high school games. Is the rule the same for high school as pro as to what constitutes a swing? Although the pro rule is vague, the general rule is that the batter needs to "break" his wrists for it to be considered a swing. With the high school games, however, it seems that the slightest movement of the bat results in a strike. (Of course some of these could be called strikes, but not all of them.) Just curious if any high school viewers had any insight.
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Re: High School and Pro Rules
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Aug 7, 2011 11:30 PM
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Based on observation, not on a rule book, the rule for both that I've noticed is the bat crossing the plate. Even if one does not "break" the wrists, twisting the body so that the bat goes over a significant portion of the plate will get a strike call in all levels of baseball that I've seen.
Could you tell if the bat crossed the plate in these instances? Or if it would look like it did from the first or third base umpire's point of view?
Could you tell if the bat crossed the plate in these instances? Or if it would look like it did from the first or third base umpire's point of view?
Re: High School and Pro Rules
[ Author: gotigersredsox | Posted: Aug 8, 2011 1:16 PM
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It's a murky rule indeed. I can't say I watched too closely, but it's just my impression and others I've talked to that fairly little movement of the bat in high school games seem to be called for strikes. My feeling was just at this level the umpires want to keep the games moving along and an advantage like that is given to the pitcher. As you mentioned here a year or two before, the high school games can go through 3 batters while a single MLB player is settling himself into the batter's box!
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