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I think it as simple as this. If it is a actual pitch that was illegal with no one on, it is a ball. If F1 didn't deliver the pitch, it wasn't a pitch.
If he was delivering a spitball to home or a cut (that he cut) baseball, or pitched to the batter without doing all of the things that you have to do to make that pitch legal, it is a ball with no one on. Otherwise it is nothing.
This isn't fully encompassing, but I think this explains why it is not a ball if F1 fails to deliver a pitch with no one on.
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