There are no rules in USA that call for a batter to be called out if throwing a bat after swinging. You are talking about a rec league and they will often have rules in addition to the standard USA rules, aka...house rules. Those house rules may include calling a batter out for throwing the bat but those aren't USA rules like you specified. Those would be XYZ Girls Softball Association rules.
What's the call?
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It's been explained 100 times already, but just so this thread can die already....
USA Rules Supplement 52: Throwing or Carrying a Bat
"When a player throws a bat in anger, the player should be ejected. Should the bat slip from the player's hands, there is no penalty, unless the discarded bat prevents the defense from making a play on the ball, and then interference should be ruled."
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As described, I am picturing the batter losing the bat on a swinging 3rd strike. I don't know how you eject the batter for "throwing the bat" here.
