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Originally Posted by briancurtin
why penalize the batter for the pitchers mistake though?
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Nope: not what's happening.
Not gonna penalize the D for the batter's failure to make any effort at all when he had ample time and opportunity to do so.
Most of the time the NCAA standard works great for all levels, and I basically follow it: if the pitch is in the BB [to say nothing of clear BEHIND the batter], little Roscoe is going to 1st UNLESS he simply stands there and tracks the ball in it's lazy flight [think SP softball] toward him: PLUNK [big grin and start to 1stB] - whoa!, stay right there, the count is now 1&2, PLAY. If'n he's got time to ask his dugout for a second opinion about whether it's gonna hit him, he's not getting the bag unless he makes SOME effort to get out of the way.
"Why penalise [him]?..." - 'Cause that's what the Rule says I'm s'posed to do [other than @ NCAA games].
Curves that don't break, [real] fastballs too far inside: another matter entirely.