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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Why not NFHS 4-3-1(b) "refuses to continue play after the game has started", or 4-3-1 (c) "delays more than one minute in resumimg play after the umpire calls "Play Ball", or 4-3-1(e) "willfully and persistently violates any one of the rules after being warned by the umpire'? What gives the player, coach, or team the option to refuse to bat? Isn't that a rule?
ASA equivalents are 4.4-C, D, and F.
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NFHS rule 4-3-1 begins
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ART. 1 . . . A game shall be forfeited to the offended team by the umpire when a team:
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It seems in the OP we had a batter refusing to play, not a team. Using the delay rule to call the batter out and moving to the next batter seems like a better fit than a forfeit.