HBP in Yankee/Red Sox

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by David B

Watching ESPN of game and batter is HPB, but umpires declare he swung.

OK, not a problem, but the explaination given was

"he was hit by the pitch which caused him to swing"

Say what - just goes to show that even the MLB's can say something sometimes they wish they had not said. If that was what was said ...

Just kind of interesting

Saltalamacchia was HBP. The umpires called it no attempt so the HBP stood. Girardi got ejected arguing about it.

It was marginal in replay. It did look like the last part of the bat movement might have been a reaction to being hit.

Go Yanks!