MLB (Minor League Baseball)

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Mike-

You are correct since you're talking about Ofiicial Baseball Rules (OBR) or FED rules on the hit by pitch, there is a clause that there must be some attempt to avoid. However, NCAA has a different spin on it. In the NCAA rules, a batter that freezes (makes no attempt to avoid nor an attempt to initiate contact with the ball) and gets hit is entitled to first base as long as the ball is inside the vertical lines of the batters box. It's the only rule org. I know of baseball or softball that has that.

-Josh