I was watching a LL Major's baseball game. Batter for Orioles is almost hit by a hard pitch. He gets tall, turns the wrong way and twirls all the way around. Ump calls ball - "bat did not leave the shoulder and batter was protecting himself." Yankees coach is yelling "it's a strike!"
Yankees batter, swings at strike and gets hit hard in the hands. He immediately starts toward the dugout (I thought he broke his hand) but, then, goes to 1st. The ump says "Not so fast, you were hit swinging at a strike." Yankees coach yells "It is the exact same thing as the Oriole's batter."
Uh, no.
As the mom of 2 former pitchers, I hated it when a batter would stick his/her hands out in the strike zone, get hit and get their base.
Someone else can talk about the first call, because my first thought was "strike."
Yankees batter, swings at strike and gets hit hard in the hands. He immediately starts toward the dugout (I thought he broke his hand) but, then, goes to 1st. The ump says "Not so fast, you were hit swinging at a strike." Yankees coach yells "It is the exact same thing as the Oriole's batter."
Uh, no.
As the mom of 2 former pitchers, I hated it when a batter would stick his/her hands out in the strike zone, get hit and get their base.
Someone else can talk about the first call, because my first thought was "strike."