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Originally posted by jicecone
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Originally posted by DFM7
During ground rules in a game last night a coach told my partner and I that a umpire in a previous game had called a balk on his pitcher with no one on. The umpire then added a ball to the count of the batter. I felt this should be no call but my partner agreed with the call. I thought that I had read, in this forum, that this should be a no call under OBR. I have gone through the last 45 days of topics but cannot find that thread. Can someone verify the call wether right on wrong and cite a rule or case.
Thanks.
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Someone's info is incorrect here. You can't have a pitchers balk without runners. In accordance with 8.01.d though, you can have an "illegal pitch" and the result will be a ball.
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8.01.d States: If the pitcher makes an illegal pitch with the bases unoccupied, it shall be called a ball unless the batter reaches first base on a hit, an error, a base on balls, a hit batter or otherwise.
My question is: Is it an illegal pitch when a pitcher balks and then delivers the pitch? It seems if a balk occurs and the pitcher does not deliver the pitch it would be nothing?