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Originally posted by Bfair
In most amateur games, CSFP says that if no advantage was gained (a runner was not breaking on the pitch), call time and ignore the happening except to warn that the next time it may be balked. He needs to continue to pitch.
Just my opinion,
Freix
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I totally disagree with that opinion. If a pitcher stops his delivery with runners on base, and it wasn't caused by the offense, that's a balk, and it always should be a balk. It matters not a wit if a runner was breaking or standing on the base picking his nose, or whether the players are wearing diapers or shaving, or whether his coach yelled, "Time," or "Fire!" (Of course, in Little League Majors and below, it would an illegal pitch by rule)
It's not a CSFP advantage/disadvantage situation. It is as elementary as baseball rules get. Balk!