- Apr 14, 2022
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The scenarios are not the same in my opinion. In this case the pitcher is not violating a rule.There is paying attention to how umpires are officiating 'this game' and utilizing how it is happening.
Example: umpire keeps calling pitches that are in the opposite batter's box a strike. So a pitching location may become that spot 'this game'
particularly because the Umpire is calling it, not because it is a strike to throw pitches inside a batter's box.
Think the same scenario happens with HBP encounters.
When teams see an Umpire will always award a batter first base therein lies the example of opportunity to utilize how the Umpire is officiating.
It can become strategy with a bruise.
In the case of a coach telling a player to stand in the river to get hit, the coach is telling the batter to violate a rule.
In both cases the Ump maybe at fault, but in only one case is the player violating a rule.