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Originally Posted by Stat-Man
Actually what I was thinking of was this:
Batter swings and misses at the pitch, and it his him/her.
The scenario that was described to me was that the ball hit the batter on the hand as he swung and (presumably) went into fair territory. Defense throws the BR out at 1st for the out.
I was under the impression that if the ball hits the hands, it's a dead ball, HBP. And that since the batter swung, it would be a strike on the batter.
She think's I'm splitting hairs, because it sounds like he had two strikes already and would be out either way, but I am curious to know if I am correct about this rule or not.
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If he was swinging at the pitch when it hit him it's a dead ball strike three and the batter is out. It doesn't matter if the ball was hit into fair territory or not. The ball is immediatly dead, and on a dead ball no runners may advance and no runners may be put out.
Tim.