Wait, how wide is the ball?
I was specifically talking about batters where the hitter is crowding the plate. Not the case where the ball gets into a hitter in the batters box.
So, trying to read through everything, lot's of measuring, for which it seems AC and MTR are getting the right measurements. Let's assume those measurements (you guys can keep hashing that as you like).
So how are we to interpret the current set of rules? Seems the hitter is in one of three states.
First is clear they are over the plate in the strike zone. Hit by pitch - dead ball strike.
Second is clear. Batter is in the batters box. Hit by pitch - Batter get's 1b.
Third, Batter is clearly in the space between the batters box and the plate and is struck by the ball. I just want to make sure we are super clear on this situation. Currently the rules do not award this batter to first base? Do they get dead ball strike? Do they have to appear to avoid to get 1b, in this situation?