Hit by pitch, without contact?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Jake26

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Start watching about the 56:00 mark. The first pitch was an intentional ball, and the catcher threw the ball to the third baseman for Ball Two (Rule 10.16). The sequence was repeated on the next pitch to achieve Ball Four. I have no idea about the Effect of 10.16 - why it did not come into play.

Because an Intentional Base on Balls requires four pitches to be delivered to the batter, there must be something in the Scoring Rules that treats this scenario as a Hit Batter.

Interesting. What's especially interesting are the comments in the effect section that you refer to.

"In addition, on the first offense, the offending player shall be warned. On subsequent offenses, the offender shall be ejected from the game." I did not see the catcher get ejected.

Also...

EXCEPTION: Intentionally violating the rule in order to walk the batter without pitching shall not result in a ball being awarded to the batter.