Bunter Hit By Pitch

[DJWickham]

It's tougher to make a judgment call on what happened, than on the rules.

1. If the ball touches the batter in flight in the strike zone, its a strike. (See definition of strike). Advantage to pitcher who can throw a strike.

2. If the ball touches the batter as he strikes at it, it's a strike (if a bunt, possibly strike 3). Advantage to pitcher who can get batter to swing at a pitch.

3. If not, it's a HB. Advantage to hitter for pitcher who can't throw a strike and hits the batter. Unless, "the batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball." (6.08(b)) No advantage to batter who could have gotten out of the way.

No advantage to batter with big smile on his face when ball hits him . That's the one who could have gotten out of the way.