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Youth baseball HBP Rule ?


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Ripken league, which in most cases reflect OBR but I could be mistaken about that.  

Anyhow...pitch is inside and high, and kid ducks.   In the process of ducking he reflexively raises his arms over his head while holding the bat and is hit in the hand with the pitch.   Had he not extended his arms up, the ball would not have hit him.

Is this a ball or a strike ?   Or HBP ?

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He did everything he reasonably could to get out of the way, and if there's no judged intent to get hit, it's a HBP and go to first.

It's only a strike if the ball hit the bat (foul - could conceivably be fair too), or if you judge that he actually struck at the ball (ie. attempted a swing)...or if the ball somehow went through the strike zone before hitting him.

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