Hogs vs Texass Tech—-Baseball

[jdcatty]

Wow, where is all the doom and gloom?  That's a damned good team we beat tonight, folks.  Wouldn't be at all surprised to see them in a regional (hopefully in Fayetteville again).

[Son of Spam]

The thing that impressed me last night was the "no give up" attitude. When a few of us (myself included) had given up after being down 7-0, the team kept fighting. It looks like Aloy has gone back to his early season form. Hopefully, he will snap out of it. I hope Wagner's wrist is OK. And, I don't think we will let any foul balls drop between any of us this season. I have seen several where three of our guys are going for it and two are called off and the catch made.

[Guardrail]

I wasn't upset when it was 7-0. I just chalked it up to being one of those days and get em next game. Happily surprised they battled back. TT ain't a bunch of scrubs.

[Hognrock]

We (which means my wife because I was at a HS baseball game until 11:20) changed the Hog bandana on our standard sized poodle to a simple baseball bandana. That's when our run started. I'll turn my man card in shortly and Murphie won't wear the first bandana again

[Hogworth Ballington III]

We (which means my wife because I was at a HS baseball game until 11:20) changed the Hog bandana on our standard sized poodle to a simple baseball bandana. That's when our run started. I'll turn my man card in shortly and Murphie won't wear the first bandana again

I'm sure I'm just confirming what you already knew, but she's a keeper.

[Hognrock]

I'm sure I'm just confirming what you already knew, but she's a keeper.

Agreed. I'm not sure it is possible, but if anybody loves baseball more than me it's my wife. We live at a baseball field.

[Son of Spam]

I wasn't upset when it was 7-0. I just chalked it up to being one of those days and get em next game. Happily surprised they battled back. TT ain't a bunch of scrubs.

Same here. I had just chalked it up to an off night against a pretty good team. I hope in our next games that we can at least run the pitch count up on the other team's starters. We haven't really done that lately. And we need to quit plunking so many hitters. Like I said earlier...when you are ranked high, everyone will play their best game against you.

[The Whyte Boar]

Baseball is funny.  Any given night a good high school team could beat a college team.  Ninety nine percent of the fielding plays could be made by a travel ball team. So cold bats or even good contact right at the fielders makes for unusual games.  So nothing to be upset about if they lost, but a good confidence builder and that is useful.  Because baseball is one of those sports where a team is unbeatable one day and starts a ten game losing streak the next.

[Hogworth Ballington III]

That kid that Foutch plunked early had 20 hbp's coming into the game (or maybe that was #20). Didn't seem like he was crowding the plate to me (maybe leaning in a little more), but how does a kid take that many hbp's otherwise?

[Vito Porkleone]

That kid that Foutch plunked early had 20 hbp's coming into the game (or maybe that was #20). Didn't seem like he was crowding the plate to me (maybe leaning in a little more), but how does a kid take that many hbp's otherwise?

Prolly something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tv0aR4pC_I

[jdcatty]

That kid that Foutch plunked early had 20 hbp's coming into the game (or maybe that was #20). Didn't seem like he was crowding the plate to me (maybe leaning in a little more), but how does a kid take that many hbp's otherwise?

for one thing he made absolutely no effort to avoid the pitch-- never moved at all

[Son of Spam]

for one thing he made absolutely no effort to avoid the pitch-- never moved at all

You don't have to now.

[jdcatty]

You don't have to now.

really?  I did not know that.

[DirkPiggler]

You don't have to now.

When did that change? 

[BleedinRed]

NCAA Rule 7-4-i
A strike is awarded if the batter is judged to intentionally make a movement to be hit by a pitch, regardless of where the pitch is located; or allows themselves to be intentionally hit by a pitch that is not thrown within the boundaries of the batter's box unless it was not possible to avoid being hit.

[DirkPiggler]

This is what I could find, from a little over a year ago.  Strike is called if the batter attempts to intentionally get hit, or moves to intentionally get hit in an area outside the boundary of the batter's box. 

It may have changed since last year.

https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/04/hit-by-pitch-stay-here-rule-differences.html

[Feral]

This is what I could find, from a little over a year ago.  Strike is called if the batter attempts to intentionally get hit, or moves to intentionally get hit in an area outside the boundary of the batter's box. 

It may have changed since last year.

https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/04/hit-by-pitch-stay-here-rule-differences.html

Leaning in and/or intentionally trying to take an HBP needs to be an automatic out, not just a strike. Needs to the same as batter interference.

A strike doesn't counterbalance being granted first base.

[Hogworth Ballington III]

Leaning in and/or intentionally trying to take an HBP needs to be an automatic out, not just a strike. Needs to the same as batter interference.

A strike doesn't counterbalance being granted first base.

I agree. Punishment should balance risk vs. reward

[Son of Spam]

If they step into a pitch, it is a strike. But if they are in the batters box and a pitch comes at them, they don't have to move out to the way is what I have heard.

[DirkPiggler]

If they step into a pitch, it is a strike. But if they are in the batters box and a pitch comes at them, they don't have to move out to the way is what I have heard.

That's how the rule above was worded.  If the pitch comes into the batter's box they don't have to move.  If the ball is coming at a part of the hitter outside the box (like his arms when crowding the plate) it seems like it's still a strike.