Thread: Balk plus Ball
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Old Fri Jun 11, 2010, 06:49am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve View Post
It should read "If no runners are on base it's an automatic ball, and if there are runners on base it is a balk."
That just rephrases the mistake of apparently conjoining the penalties.

Better: If no runners are on base it's an automatic ball; with runners on base it is a balk.

Shall we turn this into a "let's rewrite OBR" thread?
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