Thread: Is this a balk?
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Old Tue Jul 23, 2002, 08:30pm
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Originally posted by brandda
In LL it's an illegal pitch and ball one. We had some kids figure this out and do this 4 times to intentionally walk batters when the situation called for it. It looked goofy but was legal.
Actually, Williamsport has issued a ruling on that and what you described is not legal. If I remember correctly, you call the first one, warn on the second one, and eject on the third one. You never get to a fourth one.
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