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Hold up. . .
First, the judgement of the balk may not be protestable, but the explanation of such is because that is the application of the rule. 8.05 (d) cannot be used. He was not in contact with the plate. The other could be enforced, but the one you missed, and what they called was an illegal pitch. An illegal pitch with runners on base is a balk. He delivered a pitch while not in contact with his pitcher's plate. I personally do not believe this is a correct interpretation of that rule, but it is what they used. I believe that it is either a motion natuarally associatede with his pitch while not in contact with the plate, or simply a FIELDER throwing to a base.
[Edited by ump3 on Oct 17th, 2004 at 11:55 PM]
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