Rust and cobwebs

[Skahtboi]

Originally posted by WestMichBlue
Another hit batter, another problem. RH batter squares to bunt. Ball inside belt high. As batter pulls back she drops right hand off bat and down into path of ball and gets hit right on the knuckles. As she was hopping around I had a couple seconds to review and this is what I saw. She put her hand in the path of the ball, but she didn’t do it deliberately, and when she did, she could not get out of the way. I sent her to 1B. What do you think?

Congrats on getting the first game of the season out of the way. Now, when you say the ball is inside, I am assuming that you mean out of the strike zone. The only other question, it seems, is was the batter, in your judgement, making an attempt to avoid being hit? If she was, then send her to first. If she wasn't, then you should have dead ball and a ball on the batter.

Remember, the batter has to make some attempt, however minute that may be in your interpretation, to avoid being hit by the pitch.

[Edited by Skahtboi on Apr 1st, 2004 at 09:25 AM]