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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Just out of curiosity, does the NFHS rule state that the runner is actually awarding runners a base when another player is walked, or is it an assumption supported by the case play?
I don't care, just curious as to the wording.
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I started to disagree with Mark on the NFHS board, absed on the wording of the rule, but discovered before I posted that the case play states the run scores.
The definition of a walk in NFHS 2-63-1 says the batter is awarded first. The baserunning rule 8-4-3(a) says that runners forced to advance as a result of the batter walking are "entitled to advance without liability to be put out". That stops short of making the advance bases awards; and since the ball is alive, I would argue that advances, even if entitled without jeopardy, are then timing plays.
But, MS says otherwise, and until or unless she changes the ruling or the wording of rule, they will continue to contradict.
NCAA uses similar language, so I would presume it also does not consider the entitlement to advance to be an award.