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I must have been away from discussion boards too long. You are correct as this rule being FED not OBR. I recall several years ago that the rule was the BALL in glove had to be below the chin. In a JV game a relief pitcher came in and proceeded to balk the R-1 to second, third, and then home. I often think of that game and why the heck I called those three balks. What advantage did the pitcher gain? But then again I figure why the heck dosen't the catcher or the coach get it corrected. There appeared to be a language barrier as the pitcher did not seem very conversant in English. Then FED figured umpires couldn't tell where the Ball in the glove was and they revised it to the GLOVE itself and OBR eliminated any mention of it.