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Correct me if I am wrong but you can only balk when there are runners on base. So if the pitcher does it when the bags are clear it is an illegal pitch. We don't pick boggers in our chapter when the pitch make this move. We normaly give a little heads up to the coach and let it go. If he does it while there are runners on we call the balk.
Thats not to say that it shouldn't be called. There could be a case made that if you don't call the illegal pitch when you first see it and award a ball to the batter, that you could have an adverse effect on the game by calling it when there is more at stake. HUMMMMMMMMM! I think I might change my thinking on this one. Call it if you see it, as soon as you see it, so that the pitch knows before there are runners on! I love this forum.
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