NFHS intentional walk

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

This is pure entrapment! So Fed lets the defense put the runners on without pitching to them, but still makes the offense touch the intermediate bases?! And then the pitcher tells the umpire they're putting the next 2 runners on and the umpire says OK, and by going along with the other team's and the umpire's apparent desire to speed up the game, the offense is penalized?! Darn stupid way to play a game.

Games are supposed to be about skill & wits, not stuff like this.

Robert

Obviously, you are not a FED official or coach. Under FED, an intentional walk does not require the pitcher to pitch. The defense can simply "put 'em on". The offense is still required to run the bases properly. This is not so hard to understand. In the OP, if the defense put on the runners one at a time and not at the same time, they could have had the out.