We had 6 batters hit last night. Is there a limit to the # one pitcher can hit before he has to be removed?
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Not in any rule set I know of. So, my answer is no for OBR and any sets playing under it unless park/league rules say otherwise.
What is the rule set?
What is the rule set?
North Carolina High School
quote:Originally posted by mrtarheel:
We had 6 batters hit last night. Is there a limit to the # one pitcher can hit before he has to be removed?
I know in some local leagues they institute a 3 or 4 HBP rule per pitcher....but usually that is in low youth ball....
In NFHS and higher ball, the answer is no, there is no limit to how many HBP one pitcher can have....the pitcher can hit the whole lineup as long as the umpire does not think its intentional........
We had a game last night where we got up 7-2 against a team that wasn't used to being down. I know our coach was thinking "we need more" and was still pressing in the 7th inning.
Runner gets on against starting pitcher after a few runs have scored in the top of the 7th, including a few SB's. Runner steals second on pitch behind the batter's knees. Next pitch, runner steals third as pitch runs behind the hitters hips. Next pitch is behind the hitter's neck.
Father of the hitter sitting next to me is now worried about a trauma situation and complains, loudly. Blue calls time, warns both dug outs, both come out and complain, but blue takes control and does a good job setting some rules.
Only complaint is my son comes out to pitch bottom of 7 and acts freaked out by possible ejection for throwing inside. After a couple of batters, he got back into the grove.
I thought a good job of evaluating the situation, capabilities of the pitcher and taking action based on the observations. Any kid can be wild, but this pitcher might've been guilty of too many groved fastballs, but not too many wild pitches.
IMHO, he was throwing at the kid in the batter's box and was just too tired to hit him. I don't condone this type of action, but I think we all understood until the ball behind the neck.
Runner gets on against starting pitcher after a few runs have scored in the top of the 7th, including a few SB's. Runner steals second on pitch behind the batter's knees. Next pitch, runner steals third as pitch runs behind the hitters hips. Next pitch is behind the hitter's neck.
Father of the hitter sitting next to me is now worried about a trauma situation and complains, loudly. Blue calls time, warns both dug outs, both come out and complain, but blue takes control and does a good job setting some rules.
Only complaint is my son comes out to pitch bottom of 7 and acts freaked out by possible ejection for throwing inside. After a couple of batters, he got back into the grove.
I thought a good job of evaluating the situation, capabilities of the pitcher and taking action based on the observations. Any kid can be wild, but this pitcher might've been guilty of too many groved fastballs, but not too many wild pitches.
IMHO, he was throwing at the kid in the batter's box and was just too tired to hit him. I don't condone this type of action, but I think we all understood until the ball behind the neck.
quote:Originally posted by JMoff:
Blue calls time, warns both dug outs, both come out and complain, but blue takes control and does a good job setting some rules.
But it took him three pitches thrown at the batter to do it.