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Last summer I had this situation, 18 year old players. R3 and R2, close game, middle inning, pitcher in the windup. He begins his motion and R3 starts for home. Pitcher sees this, stops his delivery, as if he is trying to decide if what to do and then quickly starts his throw home. By the time he threw home I have already called a balk, runner slides into the plate, the throw is wide and he would have been safe if a balk had not been called. This was on OBR rules game, so after calling the balk I had to hang in there with the pitch until it arrived. When asked, "Coach, he stopped and then started again". The only difference in the outcome was that R2 goes to 3rd due to the balk, and would not have otherwise.
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