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Old Wed Jul 14, 2004, 08:02am
Dave Hensley Dave Hensley is offline
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Originally posted by mrm21711
I had this come up, runner on first 0-1 count. The pitcher balks (does not come to a set) and balk is called but play continues, pitch is a ball, and runner successfully steals second. The UIC claimed the pitch does not count for some odd reason and the count would still be 0-1 not 1-1, but I felt it does since the runner successfully stole the base, hence the delayed dead ball. Whose correct? Thanks
The umpire was correct. The balk is ignored only if the batter runner and all runners advance at least one base safely.
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