Tue May 01, 2007, 10:40pm
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: North Carolina
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Originally Posted by waltjp
Technically, it is a balk if runners are on base. That said, I'm not calling it.
FED 6.1 [clipped] He shall take his sign from the catcher with his pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate.
PENALTY: The ball is dead immediately when an illegal pitch occurs. If there is no runner, a ball is awarded the batter. If there is a runner, such illegal act is a balk. In both situations, the umpire signals dead ball.
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Where is the illegal pitch?
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