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Originally Posted by umpjim
If the balk is enforced don't you have a no pitch and the same batter up?
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It seems that you are correct. And, since the same batter is up (the improper batter) - he is
still batting - therefore, his hit never happened. And, now the offense can now put up the
proper batter.
I don't know what to make of this ruling whereby the defense cannot get an out in this situation.
Personally, I would be inclined to use the following logic.
- Although there was a balk, the balk was completely negated because of the nature of the hit and advancement of runners. So, there was no balk.
- Yet, an improper batter reached based.
- A proper appeal was made on the improper batter. I would negate the improper batter's hit ... place the runner back on base ... and call out the proper batter.
Yet, it seems I'm wrong ... at least, according to this blog post.