You are absolutely correct, Jerry, in that neither of us would balk or eject for this reason. Still, I support the newbies that attempt to address it through a balk, and I abhor the thought of anyone advocating and promoting ejection of a player for this reason. I feel that action is ludicrous for amateur baseball. Still, both remedies can be supported by 9.01(c). Hopefully their game management will improve with experience.
If push comes to shove, the mistake of calling a balk for this reason is far better than the mistake of ejecting some dufus pitcher.............
Just my opinion,
Freix
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