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[richives]

Someone posted elsewhere that a HBP in Jr Sr softball results in all runners advancing a base.
Is this true or is there a mis-interpretation somewhere?

[Lou Barbieri]

Maybe they confused a HBP with a Balk ???

[OutdoorDad]

Softball has no balk.
The runners advance one base in juniors and above if HBP with an illegal pitch, new for this year.
You’ll find it described in rule 2.0 Definition of Illegal Pitch.
And the new rule in 8.06 Note One.

[Lou Barbieri]

If you noted my "smryk" you should have known I was kidding.

That said, thank you for the rule change information.
However, the runners advancing one base is due to the illegal pitch not the HBP.
The penalty of runners advancing one base applies to all illegal pitches in Jrs and Srs.

So, runners don't advance on an HBP (the topic of the original post), the runners advance on an illegal pitch.

[OutdoorDad]

Lou, you’ve run rings around me logically.