ASA and Most other associations:
A base on balls permits a batter to gain 1B WITHOUT
LIABILITY to be put out and is AWARDED to a batter by
the umpire when four pitches are judged to be out of the
strike zone.
I realize NFHS sees it somewhat different, but the above
statement is pretty clear.....
glen
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