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Thank you all for participating in this thread.
I certainly agree that an umpire calling, "Play!", does not make the ball live and that a ball must be live to balk.
But, it remains that given the rules provided by Little League, young umpires are not well-armed due to the editors of Little League publishings and training.
Based upon the play the sitch umpire goofed.
Base upon the information available to participants in Little League, a balk would be understood by following the rules provided.
Thanks.
mick
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