Thread: FP hit by pitch
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Old Thu Nov 06, 2008, 01:16pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu View Post
All the houses on B Street are made of brick.
John lives in a house on B Street.
Ergo, John lives in a brick house.
But living in a brick house doesn't mean that John must live on B St.

Quote:
FP: A pitch that hits home plate is called a ball and is a live ball.
A pitch that hits a batter [not in the strike zone] is a dead ball.
Ergo, a pitch that hits home plate and then hits a batter is a live/dead ball.

Yeah, warped logic.
No, it's not. The ball that hits the plate is a ball and still live until it hits the batter. Now, it is a dead ball and a HBP.

A HBP must be a ball because it cannot be a strike. However, just because it is not a strike, doesn't mean it was a HBP.

Priorities.
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