Intentional walk / hit batsman

[MikeStrybel]

I hope the original poster understands by now, given what he wrote, the batter did nothing wrong. As stated, he instinctly (sic) moved out of the box when he saw the ball coming his way. While the pitcher and catcher may have intended to throw behind him, that does not protect them from the batter getting hit by a pitch. The ball is dead, BR goes to first and R2 returns. These are 11-12 year olds who need to learn the rules so that they don't act this silly when they are older. Hopefully the coach who ordered this play will wise up too.

I read about a coach who never intentionally walked batters. He taught his pitchers to just run one in on them and let them take the base rubbing a painful spot on their bodies. Clever. Not cool, but still clever.

Have a good season.