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					Originally Posted by  johnnyg08
					 
				 
				I had one last season where the batter verbally asked for time as the pitcher was starting his delivery.  The pitcher stopped his delivery.  I did call the balk in that situation and I feel that I made the right call under the circumstances.  There is an element of judgement in these cases right?  Other than the super-obvious ones I suppose. 
			
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 There's a specific rule in OBR (and, I think FED) where this is a "restart from scratch."