ASA Slopitch Intentional Walk

[averagejoeys]

Correct me if I am wrong, from what I am reading...

An intentional walk can only occur when the pitcher directs the ump to send the batter to first base, regardless of the count.

If the pitcher throws enough consecutive pitches, in a manner that makes the ump say "ball" or "illegal pitch", that result in the batter having a count of 4 balls (either 4-0 or 4-1 from a 1-1 league) then, that is not an intentional walk.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by averagejoeys

Correct me if I am wrong, from what I am reading...

An intentional walk can only occur when the pitcher directs the ump to send the batter to first base, regardless of the count.

If the pitcher throws enough consecutive pitches, in a manner that makes the ump say "ball" or "illegal pitch", that result in the batter having a count of 4 balls (either 4-0 or 4-1 from a 1-1 league) then, that is not an intentional walk.

If a pitcher INTENTIONALLY throws the number of pitches out of the strike zone for the purpose of not allowing the batter to hit the ball, would you say the batter was walked intentionally?

It looks like you are looking for scoring information and to most umpires, that really doesn't matter.

[MD Longhorn]

The issue here is that the league has a rule prohibiting something without providing a definition for that something or a penalty for doing that something. Typical local rule in my experience. What do they say ...

Local Rules are made by Fools.