what happens when ball hits batters hands?

[goindeep]

Check swing, ball hits batter on the hands...what's the call?

[johnnyg08]

Check swing, ball hits batter on the hands...what's the call?

 

If he offered and/or the pitch was in the strike zone dead ball strike.

 

If he didn't offer and/or the pitch was out of the strike zone dead ball ball.  

[blue23ll]

Dead ball, did he offer at the pitch? If yes, strike. If no, ball. 

[goindeep]

Thanks gentlemen. Had to settle a bet.

[blue23ll]

Let me guess, the old "hands are part of the bat"  myth?

[Rich Ives]

GONG!!!!

 

It's a HBP if he didn't offer and it wasn't in the strike zone.

[johnnyg08]

GONG!!!!

 

It's a HBP if he didn't offer and it wasn't in the strike zone.

 

How do you know?  We can still have a dead ball strike.

[maven]

 

GONG!!!!

 

It's a HBP if he didn't offer and it wasn't in the strike zone.

 

How do you know?  We can still have a dead ball strike.

 

 

Not if he didn't offer at a pitch out of the zone. As Rich said....

[goindeep]

Didn't offer and the pitch was a ball.

[johnnyg08]

oh I see...yep, agree.

[blue23ll]

Didn't offer and the pitch was a ball.

Send him to first, with an ice pack!

[FuturePro23]

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

[JaxRolo]

Check swing, ball hits batter on the hands...what's the call?

"Time!"

[JaxRolo]

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

Again "Time!"

[maven]

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

[JaxRolo]

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

thats what I said!

[Thunderheads]

 

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

 

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

[maven]

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

Jeff: the question was what happens if he puts the ball in play. The answer is: he can't put the ball in play.

maven

[Thunderheads]

 

 

 

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

 

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

 

Jeff: the question was what happens if he puts the ball in play. The answer is: he can't put the ball in play.

maven

 

Correct: you said it was impossible, ...I'm concurring, and clarifying that's it's not only a ball, but a HBP ...

 

We're in violent agreement

[mstaylor]

As I teach in clinics, any time the batter is hit by the ball, the ball is dead. What you do with it is another story. In the OP, as noted, it will either be a dead ball and a strike or a dead ball and HBP.

[yawetag]

 

 

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

 

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

 

 

What if he purposely moved his hands to be hit by the pitch?

[mstaylor]

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

 

What if he purposely moved his hands to be hit by the pitch?

Technically a HBP but he is staying in the box.

[mjr_2013]

Two pages of discussion following a question regarding the simplest myth ever...

 

   

[maven]

 

 

 

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

 

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

 

 

What if he purposely moved his hands to be hit by the pitch?

 

 

Hey, Andrew, what if F1 threw at him on purpose?

 

And what if it's a night game?

[Richvee]

 

 

 

 

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

 

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

 

 

What if he purposely moved his hands to be hit by the pitch?

 

 

Hey, Andrew, what if F1 threw at him on purpose?

 

And what if it's a night game?

 

Depends....Was PU's jacket tucked or untucked 

[JHSump]

 

 

 

 

What if he puts the ball in play? Remember this is baseball, anything can happen.

 

Impossible. The ball is dead when it hits him.

 

It's a dead-ball strike or dead-ball ball, but it's definitely dead.

 

.......and if it's a dead-ball 'ball' ....then he gets first base on a HBP...

 

 

What if he purposely moved his hands to be hit by the pitch?

 

 

Hey, Andrew, what if F1 threw at him on purpose?

 

And what if it's a night game?

 

 

What if it's a night game...and the lights go out just before the pitch arrives at the plate...and the next think you know, you hear the batter say "Ouch!"