"But he didn't swing at it!"

[treydawgmt]

I know this thread is a month old, but I hadn't seen it till now, and it made me think of a game last year. Batter ducks to not get HBP, ball hits bat and smacks him (pretty hard) on the helmet. I called foul, and kid, coach, and parents tried for a few minutes to tell me he didn't mean to hit it, and he got hit with the ball, so it must be HBP. Felt bad for the kid, especially since he got hit in the head later in the game by a thrown ball. Bad luck!