Hbp

[jicecone]

The committee is concerned that batters are still attempting to be hit by pitches and earn an undeserved awarded base by ""taking one for the team."" Rule 7-3-4 clearly prohibits a batter allowing himself to be hit by a pitch.

As an experienced official I read that as a "batter attempting to be hit" to be a batter moving into a pitch. Which I have seen 3 times this year and called.
It just not as black and white as it reads and general thought is don't rule in favor of the defense (pitcher) when they don't follow the rules.

And last time I looked the pitcher is not allowed to hit the batter with a pitch. Was it intentional? You don't always know.

So who is more right here for being wrong?