Thread: NF Balk rule
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Old Tue Oct 07, 2008, 12:15pm
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Originally Posted by Illini_Ref View Post
Is there a portion of the NFHS rulebook that deals with a pitcher using an action the "deliberately deceives" the runner, and listing that as a balk?

I cannot find one, yet that is the catch-all we hear all of the time. The book lists things that are balks, but I find nothing about "deceiving" the baserunner.
remember that there's legal deception and illegal deception...the whole point of a legal, attempted pick off is legal deception
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