I took your advice...

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

I was BU today...my PU had a pitch 1-2 count and the hitter swings and misses but the pitch hits the batter in the foot.

Were you 99 - 100% sure? I will get to that later

As PU if my partner is 99-100% certain that the ball hit the batter I want him/her to kill it right away.

Why!

Answer: Why have holy He** break out when it can be avoided. It really irks me as PU if i didn't see something and play continues. After playing action stops everyone is Screaming "blue the ball hit him in the box"

I then call TIME and talk to my partner who says" Pete the ball hit B1 in the box"

My response: Then why did you allow play to continue.

Now back to the question I posed above.

if you as BU are 99-100% certain that the batter was HBP, then "kill it" immediately. This is NOT showing up your partner but part of your responsibilities as BU.

Generally when the ball is bouncing around the plate area, the PU has F2 to contend with and it's not uncommon that the PU can be blocked out on these type plays. In your play when the ball first hit the dirt, perhaps F2 jumped in front of the ball to keep it from getting away and in doing so, blocked the PU's view.

The aforementioned should be discussed at Pre-game so that each of you are on the same page.

Pete Booth