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TOPIC: Hit By Pitch and Balls Thrown Out of Play |
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| bart21
May 18, 2012
9:49:43 AM
Entry #: 3917935
| Over the past week more rules issues have come up that need straightened out. Get as many people to see these as possible.
Hit By Pitch
1) A batter who is hit by a pitch must make an effort to avoid being hit by that pitch. If no effort is made, the umpire does not grant the batter first base but instead calls a ball on the batter and continues the at bat.
If a batter swings at a pitch and is hit by the ball before it hits the bat it is a strike and the batter does not get first base but must continue the at bat. A pitched ball that strikes the bat and then hits the batter is a foul ball and the batter does not get first base but must continue the at bat.
If a batter swings at a pitch and it hits the batters hands it is a dead ball and a strike is called on the batter and the at bat continues. Since the ball was called dead, no runners may advance on the play.
If a batter does not swing at a pitch and the ball hits the batters hands, it is a hit by pitch and the batter is awarded first base. It is not true that the hands are part of the bat. The hands are part of the body. I have never bought a bat with hands.
Ball Thrown Out of Play
2) When a pitcher throws a pitch that goes out of play all baserunners are granted 1 base from the base they were at when the pitcher stepped onto the pitching rubber.
When any fielder throws a ball that goes out of play, all base runners are granted 2 bases from the last base touched at the time the ball is thrown, NOT from when it rolls out of play.
Examples:
With runner at first, the pitcher pitches a ball that hits the ground and bounces out of play. The runner who was at first when the pitcher stepped onto the rubber is granted second.
With nobody on base the batter hits a ball to third base. The third baseman throws the ball to first while the runner is running to first and throws the ball out of play. The batter is granted first base and second base since they did not have first made at the time of the throw.
With a runner at second the batter hits a ball to shortstop. The runner from second delays until the shortstop throws the ball to first to get the run going to first. The thrown ball goes out of play. The runner going from second to third at the time of the throw is awarded third and home and the runner going to first at the time of the throw is awarded first and second.
With a runner at first a ball is hit to a gap in the outfield. The outfielder gets the ball and throws toward third as the runner from first is between second and third and the batter is between first and second. The ball hits the ground and then bounces out of play. The runner from first who was between second and third at the time of the throw will be awarded third and home and the batter who was between first and second at the time of the throw will be awarded second and third.
With a runner at first a ball is hit to the pitcher who makes an easy toss to first to get the out but the first baseman drops the ball allowing all runners to be safe at first and second. In disgust, the first baseman fires the ball to the pitcher who misses it and the ball rolls out of play. At the time of the throw that went out of play there was a runner at first and a runner at second. The runner from second will be awarded third and home and the runner at first will be awarded second and third.
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| emt302
May 19, 2012
5:26:58 PM
Entry #: 3918523
| What if the pitch was ball four on the batter do they move to second?
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| bart21
May 20, 2012
8:47:47 AM
Entry #: 3918661
| Any time a pitch is ball four on a hit by pitch, the ball is still dead and only the runners who are forced to move will advance
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| emt302
May 20, 2012
10:47:23 AM
Entry #: 3918686
| if the pitch goes out of play and it is ball 4 she gets 1st on walk does she get 2nd because ball went out of play
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| bart21
May 21, 2012
9:45:00 AM
Entry #: 3919100
| No. One base is granted from the last base touched at the time of the pitch. She was not on first at the time of the pitch
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