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Originally posted by FVB58
If the pitcher, in the wind-up or set position, drops the ball and it does not cross the foul line it is a balk. With no runners on it is a ball to the batter. There is also the infamous catcher's balk which can occur with no one on base and it is a ball to the batter.
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If the dropped ball DOES cross a foul line it is a ball. If it DOES NOT cross a foul line it is nothing (with no runners), no pitch.
From OBR
A ball which slips out of the pitcher's hand and crosses the foul line shall be called a ball; otherwise it will be called no pitch.
INFAMOUS catcher's balk is correct... that's an illegal pitch if the catcher is not in the catcher's box when the pitch begins (actual wording is different) like for an intentional walk. AND nobody in their right mind would call it... JMHO.
