bunting
the rules for bunting seem to have changed this year. yet i can't find anything different in the rule book. my understanding has always been bunting is like swinging. if you attempt to bunt and fail it's a strike. now though if you put the bat in the strike zone and don't move it, it doesn't count as a swing. ie the umpire calls ball or strike depending on where the pitch crossed the plate. which strikes me as really really odd. so to speak. a little googling informs me i don't know how to play baseball. still seems like a silly rule. cause now the umpire's decision is subjective. did the batter try to bunt, ie "offer", or didn't he? whereas, the "wrong" timmer interpretation is simple: bat presented but not pulled back, strike. regardless of where the ball is.