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Originally posted by PeteBooth
Bob a general question for you
On a continuous action Balk scenario with CI, why not SIGNAL AND CALL TIME IMMEDIATELY , once either the BR is put out or runners on base are forced out?
By killing the play immediately after the BR is put out, all this other nonsense about balls being thrown out of play, runners passing one another, etc. do not happen. When all runners do not advance at least 1 base on CI, there really is no option, because if the coach wants to accept the play - the play is The Balk
Thanks Bob
Pete Booth
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Pete, I think you posted this on the wrong thread. Were you trying to answer one of Jim Porter's "impossible" plays?
There's no option on a balk call. And Bob's point was
exactly the point you're making. Unless the action is continuous from balk to pitch/throw, the umpire
will call time and enforce the balk penalty by awarding the appropriate bases.