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If you call a balk when the pitcher balks...then you are using the rulebook and you can be backed up.
If you ignore a balk with the pitcher balks...then you are ignoring the rulebook, and can't be backed up.
If a pitcher balks, and you see it, and don't call it because of the "situation." Then you really are not doing your job.
If it's close, or you aren't sure...then don't call it. But if you KNOW he balked...and everyone KNOWS he balked. He balked. His fault, not yours. I don't care if he leaves the field crying...or what the age level. I'll call it. If the rules at the level call for a warning, i'll warn. But if they don't...then I won't.
If I don't call it, I feel as though i'm being unfair.
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