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Originally Posted by Dave Hensley
All of your questions have already been asked, answered, and quoted in this thread, from the MLB Umpire Manual and the NAPBL, now PBUC Manual, under the general heading "When to Call Time After A Balk."
Please, go back and read those citations. They aren't somebody's opinion, they aren't open to variable interpretation depending on how one reads them. They are very clear and very specific.
In a fight between you and the world, back the world.
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I wasn't trying to a have fight, I was trying to have a discussion. But I'll bet you dollars to donuts that when this does occur, that time will be called every time if the catcher catches the ball and no action is taking place in the situation being discussed. One because play will probably cease, and two it is just nature of the beast