Checked swing
What is checked swing in baseball?
Does the checked swing give right for appeal?
The batter uses a checked swing when it starts to swing the bat but then stops to do it. A ball passes nearby without hitting. It has two consequences for the batter’s team. The absence of the touch with bat counts the pitch as a ball. If the ball touched the bat, the swing isn’t checked. This moment leads to the strike unless the ball didn’t reach the strike zone.
The home plate indicates the swing status. A catcher or their manager have the right to call the home plate umpire. It consults with the base umpires and gestures about the swing. The checked swing is the subtype of the unintentional bunt. Any hit of the ball during the checked swing continues the play. Of course, if there’s no foul ball.