Batter avoid bad pitch.

[Tim C]

It matters . . .

As you all probably know (i.e. old news) the NFHS is considering bringing the HBP rule in line with the NCAA.

The change being considered is that if the batter is hit by pitch and the ball is located inside the batter's box then the hitter does not need to make an attempt to get out of the way.

This would mean, that similar to NCAA, a hitter could turn and let a ball hit him and if the occurance was inside the batter's box it would by HBP.

Now I personally ONLY refuse to award the base on HBP if a batter ATTEMPTS to be hit. Turning the shoulder is fine for me.

Unlike SeattleMetroUmp my association understands the game of baseball.