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Originally Posted by yawetag
Okay.
Did he or did he not pitch the ball?
OBR 2.00. A PITCH is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher.
Was the ball delivered? If so, then we have a pitch and your original statement was false.
If not, did the pitcher begin an actual pitching motion toward the plate? If so, then we have a balk and Orlando would have made it home either way.
If not, did the pitcher just stand there in a set/windup position while watching the runner steal? If so, then your original statement was false.
Either way, it's impossible to "[steal] home during a pitch by a right-handed pitcher, and he did it so cleanly that the pitch was never even delivered." Either the pitch was delivered, it was a balk, or the pitcher stood there doing nothing.
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All right, you have made a very eloquent case and I must say that both the official scorer and I are still not wrong.
Look at the official box score, the guy gave Cabrera a steal of home and didn't nick Billingsley with a balk:
