[Rufus]

Originally Posted by mbyron

BTW, you can prevent this. On any HBP, the proper mechanic is "Time!" Sell that immediately and loudly, and the batter will turn around and look at you, probably expecting you to award him 1B.

Then just calmly say, "That's strike 3 on the swing. He's out." And signal the out.

When the coach comes out to ask, just tell him that the swing made strike 3, and the ball became dead when it hit the batter, preventing him from advancing. If he complains about the fairness of that rule, tell him to coach his batters not to swing at pitches that are about to hit them.

I agree that would have been nice to see. Unfortunately I was the defensive coach and was not able to convince the PU.