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Originally posted by EMD
Bob, how can the runner illegally screw the F1???? Now the BR can, stepping out etc......, but R1??? Tell us, please...............
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4.06(a)(3) (and the equivalent FED and NCAA rules) applies to runners, doesn't it? [/B][/QUOTE]
If this rule applies to the runner, would it apply to the base coach? What would you do in the following situation:
Left handed pitcher, runner on third. R3 runs & stops, clap his hand and hollers HEY PITCH!, base coach hopping & swinging arms; everything is timed to happen at same time. Pitcher in the Windup Position, pauses or stops his motion after he is set then delivers the ball home. Did R3 & base coach create the balk, YES. However, by calling this a balk does the umpire give an advantage to the offensive team that would allow them to create situations where the pitcher loses control of his mechanic and create a unintentional error? I would think the offensive is bending the rule to gain an advantage and you would not call this a balk. What do you think? [/B][/QUOTE]
You know, at the risk of being called names again, EMD, I would like to renew my suggestion that you go out and GET A RULE BOOK! Also, my comment that this board does not teach rules from the ground up: we tend to presume a basic familiarity.
ORB 4.06 starts out: "No manager, player, substitute,
coach, trainer, or bat boy shall at any time, whether from the bench, the coach's box or on the playing field, or elsewhere --"; and goes on to enumerate several illegal acts, including, in (a)(3) any word or act done for the obvious purpose of inducing a balk. The prescribed penalty is nullifying any balk, and ejecting the offender.
Thus, nothing about the application of this rule could possibly give the OFFENSE any advantage. Everybody [except you] posting on this thread knows this, and so it is not set out explicitly, since it is understood.
So, what I think, is that you need to go get yourself a rule book, and stop making a fool of yourself by asking "questions" which reveal that you have never read the rules in your life.