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Originally Posted by msavakinas
The rulebook begs to differ. 6.08 (b) reads: He is touched by a pitched ball which he is not attempting to hit unless (1) The ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, or (2) The batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball;
Fletcher did not speak to the press about the incident, as it had no bearing on the outcome of the game. He called it a dead ball "ball." It wasn't an actual swing. The batter did not make an attempt to avoid being touched, in fact he moved into the way of the pitch. Intentional or unintentional he's stayin at the plate.
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This what you said. Take note of the bold area:
"I'm not saying it was a foul ball, and neither was Fletcher. He said that Kendrick moved into the pitch. Which by
starting to swing (even though it wasn't an actual swing) he did. Which is the correct call. Look at the video on link below and you'll see I'm correct. Just search "eject" and you'll find it eventually."
When a batter starts to swing at the pitch and checks his swing, it is not the same as not making an attempt to avoid the pitch. If you start to swing and check, and the ball hits you, it's a HBP. Now, I may not know everything, but I know that. I would NEVER call "dead ball - ball" on a checked swing. The batter only has to make an attempt to avoid a pitch if it is clear he has time to do so. If he starts to strike at the ball, and it is NOT in the strike zone, and the ball hits him, it is a HIT BY PITCH, and the batter is not penalized as he would be if he just stuck his body in front of the pitch. If you call something like that anything but a HBP, you will get laughed out of the yard, dude. He has to intentionally allow the ball to strike him, regardless of the wording in 6.08. In fact, the wording is "which he is not attempting to strike at." That's what a checked swing is; he was at first attempting to strike at the ball, then thought better of it and checked his swing. That is not what 6.08(b) is referring to.
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Originally Posted by msavakinas
Look at my previous posts. I said this numerous times. Even on the thread that was just pertaining to this incident.
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This is what you said: "He should have balked the Brewers pitcher in his first ejection. Brendan Harris stepped out and the Brewers pitcher balked because of it. It should have been no pitch because a batter cannot cause the pitcher to balk. Instead he rang up Brendan Harris and ended up ejecting Gardenhire."
You said "he should have balked the Brewers [sic] pitcher." No, he should not have. That was my point.