Batter hit by pitch while swinging

[josephrt1]

Originally Posted by youngump

7-4-H and its effect (in 2005) say that the ball is dead when the batter is hit with a batted ball that this is a strike unless it would be the third strike.

Just for the record you are quoting from the 2005 book which is not consistent with the recent year's books.

Irish cited rule 7.4.H. You (youngump) are quoting rule 7.4.H from 2005 which is not the same same as the current books. The rule youngump is citing [see above quote] is actually 7.4.J in the new book.

7.4.H, as Irish stated from the current book, is "for each pitched ball swung at and missed which touches any part of the batter" And this rule has no qualifiers about less than 2 strikes or anything like that. So if batter swings and is hit by the pitch, it is always a strike. And if the batter already had 2 strikes, it is now strike 3. And on strike 3 we all know the batter is OUT. The part about the dead ball, etc. is also clearly listed in the effect section so runners can't advance.

But I think the biggest confusion was that youngump was quoting from the outdated book. A lot has changed since 2005!