Hbp

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Score 12 - 0

First, second and third batter hit home runs for winning team. Next pitch is a 64 mph to the mid-section of the batter. Batter takes the hit and starts to run to first.

Are you going to call him back?

Are you going to eject the pitcher?

Guaranteed, whatever you decide there will be a coach out there that will disagree. But thats ok, the Rulebook says the batter permitted the ball to hit him. "Come back here son".

Sometimes you just have to umpire .......PERIOD.

64 MPH? Did the ball bounce up and hit the batter? Was Satchel Paige throwing an Ephus pitch? Perhaps the batter was a slow kid with slow reactions and couldn't get out of the way, or was so mesmerized by the ball coming in looking like a beach ball that he froze.

I'm not ejecting any pitcher who tries to hit a batter with a 64 MPH pitch.