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Originally posted by JRSooner
In a JV game yesterday, the opposing team's pitcher threw a pitch and the ball bounced once in front of the batter and came up and hit him and the ump didn't count it as an HBP, supposedly because it's a dead ball if it hits the ground before it gets there? Am I wrong or should it have been a HBP and the batter takes his base. The ironic thing was their pitcher still ended up hitting him anyway 2 pitches later.
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If the ball were to become dead because it was pitched and hit the ground before or after reaching the plate, think about how many runners steeling would be called back to the last base they were touching at the time of the pitch. The play as you describe it, is a hit batter, the ball becomes dead and any runners return to the last base occupied at the time of the pitch.
MichaelVA