Fri Mar 16, 2007, 06:12pm
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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ozzy,
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Originally Posted by ozzy6900
...F1 may feint or fake to 2nd or 3rd regardless if there is anyone on those bases. Read your rules, people! ...
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I beg to differ. When was the last time you read them?
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8.05
If there is a runner, or runners, it is a balk when --
(d) The pitcher, while touching his plate, throws, or feints a throw to an unoccupied base, except for the purpose of making a play;
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And, from J/R:
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[It is a balk if a pitcher]
10. steps (i.e., steps and throws, or steps and feints a throw, or steps only) to an unoccupied base unless:
(a) there is an appeal at the unoccupied base, or
(b) a runner is advancing toward and trying to acquire such base.
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JM
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