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Originally Posted by nickrego
FED 2-4-2
...A base on balls is an award of first base if a batter receives four such balls. The batter must go immediately to first base before time-out is called.
I am having trouble figuring out why everyone thinks a BOB in FED is a dead ball ? I also can not find a reference to the ball becoming dead due to a batter receiving 4 pitched balls in section 5. (this was not an award of 1st)
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Nick,
I don't think anybody thinks a base on balls as a result of the batter receiving 4 pitched ball is a dead ball.
When people think award, they usually are thinking of the dumbed-down FED rule 2-4-3, which allows a team to just call for an intentional walk, without the 4 wide ones. This is what I was referring to.
Also, apparently it really is an award of 1st when 4 pitched balls are called.