Thread: Balk?????
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Old Mon Feb 25, 2002, 01:20pm
bake17 bake17 is offline
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Hi everyone, Have a question on a balk. L/H pitcher comes set, looks at 1b, lifts his stride (non-pivot)foot and holds that position for several seconds, freezing the runner,then delivers to the plate. Knee or foot never goes toward the plane of the mound. Do you balk this pitcher for the hesitation? Like, from the wind-up, once the motion starts, does he have to continue? I can't find anything to say he can't hesitate or not in the Fed. rule and case books.I have several umps calling this a balk.

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bake17
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