Thread: Dead Ball?
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Old Tue May 24, 2011, 01:43pm
MD Longhorn MD Longhorn is offline
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Here's an easy thing to remember.

Always. 100% of the time. No exceptions: When the batter is hit by the pitch (no matter where, and no matter what else was happening), the ball is dead. Period.

Start with that, and then rule on the pitch. Ball? HBP? Strike in the zone (had this just 2 weeks ago!)? Swinging strike?

But start with --- the ball is dead. The rest becomes obvious after that.
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