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Old Sun May 21, 2006, 12:29am
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Yankeesfan, the key is "for the purpose of making a play". So, if the pitcher sees R1 breaking for second and throws there with the intent to make a play on R1, there is no balk.

However, if the runner takes 2 steps and returns to 1b.... "THATS A BALK"...

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