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Originally posted by Rackster
In a Junior League division of little league baseball a player was hit by a pitch,catcher threw the ball to first baseman for the hidden ball trick.Plate umpire thought the pitcher was on the pitching plate with the ball and announced "play".Runner on first took a lead and was tagged out.Offensive team argued play was legal but PU let play stand. Shouldn't this have been a balk call? I see it as picher was on pitching plate without ball or pitcher was straddling pitching plate in order to decieve,with either situation a balk call and runner awarded second base.Am I right?
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You can not put the ball in play after a dead ball without the pitcher having the ball, therefore you can not have a hidden ball trick after a dead ball. You can not balk when the ball is dead. If umpire rules otherwise in any of above this is correctable.
Why would offensive team argue that their runner was called out illegally?