Hit By Pitch in Coed Slowpitch

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Originally Posted by celebur

I know of no SP rule set that would award 1B on a HBP. And it would be completely unnecessary for such a rule in SP; the batter has plenty of time to avoid being hit, and even if hit, there is little danger of physical harm. All that can be done is call a ball or a strike (if the pitch entered the strike zone). In the OP, it seems to me that the umpire must have been a FP (or possibly BB) umpire that wasn't aware of all the differences with SP.

He's around mid-50s, his lad is on one of the league teams (but his boy's already in his twentys). He's got experience coaching little league baseball many years ago in England. The guy knows the game, and attended the BASU (British Assoc of Softball Umpires) course when i did back in March and passed the exams, so it's not a case of not being qualified. But I suppose when you don't get much game experience, and don't study the book you tend to muddle rules.