You don't have to get out of the way if your body is in the box.

You don't have to be awarded first if you are standing on the plate and get hit.

I've said it for a while, and I'll say it again: if you are wearing an elbow pad and get hit in the elbow, it should merely be a ball and not a HBP. The rules weren't written for batters wearing armor.

Two totally different scenarios, assuming the players feet are in the box(lines count as in the box). I watched the game and none of the batters were "standing on home plate".

Many teams drill this into hitters, do not give an inch on pitches in on you.

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You don't have to be awarded first if you are standing on the plate and get hit.

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This!

We all watched the game, and this program for years now. They push the envelope, consistently. There needs to be some pushback, for the integrity of the game. Some may disagree. It's an issue that deserves some attention and adjustments.

Any chance you've got a still pic of a batter literally standing "on" the plate? I'm certain that would have been called.

Where the feet are matters for the batter being in a legal batting position in general. But for hit by a pitch, the ball location of inside or outside the box when it hits a batter can also matters. Here is the relevant NCAA rule:

7-4 A Strike

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i. 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 themself 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

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If the batter is crowding the plate (even with their feet on the line in the batters box) with their elbow/arm/hand leaning outside of the box, the umpire can award a strike on the batter for a hit by the pitch if they think the batter could have avoided being hit.

If the ball is in the box they don't have to get out of the way, but if it is outside the box they have to try and get out of the way if possible.

Seems like the umps are leaning on the side the pitches were inside the box.

Either way it's not a bad strategy, kind of like PI in football, try it until it stops working. A baserunner is a baserunner

With Ryan Broussard? It absolutely wouldn't have been.

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Seems to me like the umps are leaning on the side the pitches were inside the box.

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FIFY

As nerius aptly stated, the umpire has discretion to make a judgment regarding the disposition of the pitch/call. We're simply demanding fairness, and honoring the spirit/intention of the rule rather than those who would seek to manipulate or bend it to their own liking/benefit.

Edit to add: several of those pitches, if not most, were indeed between the plate and the batters box! So by rule, should not have been HBP.

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With Ryan Broussard? It absolutely wouldn't have been.

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Just like Ron Polk.

I love that story

That reminds me of when it was either Soggy Augie or Grandpa Wayne covered the home plate with dirt because blue clearly wasn't using it.

Pretty sure it was Graham

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Pretty sure it was Graham

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I thought so too, but wasn't 100% anymore.

Nursing school does that to your brain

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Nursing school does that to your brain

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No kidding.

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The batter is not obligated to move out of path of the ball, they just cannot lean into it in any way

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So if your arms and hands are in the strike zone and you are in the box you can let a strike hit you.

Has to be changed.

They won, scoreboard, move on and watch this team "TRY" to win SEC conference game #2.