Thread: On the mound?
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Old Sun May 08, 2005, 02:24pm
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
Really. I mean, considering the ball was never legally made live -- you can't have a hidden ball balk after a dead ball.
I am aware of this. But the ball was live. I took it out of my bag and threw it. This is covered somewhere in the J/R manual.

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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
I've said this dozens of times -- if the pitcher is acting like he is on the mound, he is. No amount of dirt on the pitcher's plate makes a bit of difference. If he makes a motion associated with a pitch and it turns out he's not on the rubber, it's a balk. I don't need to see the pitcher's plate to know he's on it -- or not.
That makes no sense. If we are assuming that F1 is on the rubber, then what is the point of having the BU in B or C with runners on base. If the BU dosen't have to check where F1's foot is, he might as well set up on the outfield grass. This would give him a better shot at getting the out/safe calls right on the bases.
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