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Originally Posted by etn_ump
College aged pitcher throwing 85-88, throws fastball that hits batter in the middle of his back, batter turns his back to ball, is this trying to avoid being hit? Absolutely not. Turning his back on a ball coming right at him is not an attempt to avoid being hit. Do you give him 1st?
I do HS and Jr. College and I call it the way I've described before. You call it the way you want to.
And as far as..."so what other rules do you not like and will not enforce?", by standing in the BATTER'S BOX, away from the area the pitcher is supposed to throw the ball, the batter is already attempting to avoid getting hit. I will not reward a pitcher for hitting a batter unless the batter causes himself to be hit.
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I would count turning his back to the pitch as "moving". If he stands there like a statue is what I believe I mentioned earlier warranted a stay in the box. In college the rules are different and he doesn't have to move to be awarded 1B.
What do you tell the defensive coach (OBR or FED game) when he complains that the batter did not try to get out of the way of the pitch, when he doesn't move at all? "Uh, that's a rule I am not going to enforce because I don't like it."