Batter tries getting hit by pitch?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by teebob21

So this year at the NCAA meetings, they emphasized the rule that a batter (1) cannot try to get hit by a pitch; and (2) is not automatically awarded 1B if hit by a pitch that is not wholly in the batter's box.

Today, I kept a batter at the plate because she stuck her elbow into the pitch. I thought I sold it well, but still had a dispute with both coaches. The OHC wanted to know why it wasn't a base award, and the defense wanted a strike.

What is the best verbiage to use in this situation? I came up with a strong DEAD BALL!, and pointed at the plate several times saying "NO! NO! NO! Staying here! Stay here! That pitch was not in the batters box!"

Tips?

IMO, not being in the BB shouldn't be as much an announced cause as the intent of the batter. Since you state you saw the batter lean into the pitch, that alone is cause to not award the base regardless of the location of the ball.

[CecilOne]

ditto to:
- the batter intentionally stuck her arm into the pitch
- better to emphasize that action in your sell as opposed to the location of the pitch outside of the batter's box
- Don't take it personally, or even as a comment on your call;
- you saw the batter lean into the pitch, that alone is cause to not award the base regardless of the location of the ball.

But even though covered, I had to say so.