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Old Wed Jul 01, 2009, 08:42am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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It's a do-over. Here you go:

Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR Rule 6.02(b)
If after the pitcher starts his windup or comes to a “set position” with a runner on, he does not go
through with his pitch because the batter has stepped out of the box, it shall not be called a balk. Both the
pitcher and batter have violated a rule and the umpire shall call time and both the batter and pitcher start
over from “scratch.”
I should note that this paragraph is prefaced by the comment that this ruling applies only to MLB. The Legion rule book probably has something similar, if not identical, in approximately the same place (the rule on the batter).
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