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Originally posted by left-field:
Check this out! Catchers balk to win the game! You make the call. Last inning..1 out...tied game...runner on third, pitcher is going to intentionally walk the bases laoded. When the catcher was clearly out of the catchers box. On the first pitch balk was called and game was over. it was a PIAA basball game, so the team did not have to pitch to the batter but they did. Would YOU make this call???
Well, that play would suck. But the first thing that comes to mind is not a balk,
but an illegal pitch. Is this correct? If so, then it is a delayed dead ball, and the pitch is ruled a ball.
Just wondering.
Erick