Thread: dead ball balk?
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Old Sun Aug 01, 2004, 03:41pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Re: Re: Hehehehehe,

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Originally posted by Foulball
Common sense says that deception by a pitcher is punishable by a "BALK".....
Then how is any runner ever picked off?

"Deception" is not a balk; "Illegal deception" is.

What was described in the play is not "illegal deception".

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