OBR = Official Baseball Rules
The link is to section 4.00. 4.03 is the section you want.
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Originally posted by ChrisSportsFan
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Originally posted by Dave Hensley
Even if played under OBR, the umpire did NOT get the penalty correct. If a fielder is playing with one foot in foul territory, professional instruction is that the infraction be ignored unless and until the opposing team complains, and then the rule should be enforced strictly for both teams.
Enforced means the ball shall not be put in play until the fielder has both feet in fair territory. There is no balk penalty. Those who believe the penalty is a balk are misreading or mis-parsing the paragraph breaks in Rule 4.03.
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Sorry, what is OBR?
Could somebody post the rule so I can read it? Thanks
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