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Originally posted by mick
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It is confusing ... in Little League.
1. PU calling "Play!" Makes the ball live by 3.12 and 5.02.
2. 5.11 says PU was not supposed to call "Play!" without ball in pitcher's hand.
3. 8.05 does not require a live ball.
No rule allows the fact that the pitcher did not have to ball cancel the fact that the PU called "Play!"
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The Little League version of rules 3.12, 5.02, and 5.11 are IDENTICAL to the OBR version. There is no textual or interpretational difference in Little League, with respect to these rules.
As for "8.05 does not require a live ball," hardly any of the playing rules in the entire rule book EXPLICITLY say they are only applicable during a live ball. But almost all of the playing rules ARE only applicable when the ball is live. 8.05 is among those, in both OBR and Little League.
At age 13 and above, the LL balk rule is identical to OBRs.
At 12 and below, balks become illegal pitches. In addition to a difference in penalty assessed (ball added to count instead of runners awarded a base) there are a few other quirky differences; however, whether it is applicable when the ball is not live is NOT one of those differences. The Little League IP should only be called when the infraction occurs while the ball is live.