Hbp

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

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.

Trying to hit the batter is an automatic ej - and it's usually really obvious.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Trying to hit the batter is an automatic ej - and it's usually really obvious.

My point was that if 64 is the best you can do, then you really aren't good enough to throw at a batter intentionally to start with.