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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
No.
Hit-By-Pitch is the scoring designation given to a player who is awarded first base due to being hit by a pitch. That term has no definition in the non-scoring section of the book, and the rule (8-1-F) that directs us to award first base when a batter is hit by a pitch (or the exception that directs us not to if the batter doesn't try to avoid) does not reference "HBP".
HBP has a very specific meaning - and it ONLY applies to a batter that is awarded 1st.
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Fair enough, but I'm skeptical that Chapmaja was using it that way.