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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
If his hands were joined, and he separated his hands (to touch his hat) and didn't continue a motion to pitch, then it's a balk.
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I'm visualizing the pitcher on the rubber, looking in for the sign or just standing on the rubber BEFORE bringing his hands together at the beginning of his windup (in other words, standing there with his hands apart), and then he reaches up to adjust his hat (or scratch his ear, or brush away a bug).
I would not automatically call a balk.
JJ