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Originally Posted by stratref
If not, runners get one base and the batter returns to the plate with the same count.
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You didn't address the issue.
The question is not how you enforce the balk penalty. The question is, in OBR, are runners awarded one base from where they were at the time of the pitch (when the pitcher begins his delivery motion), or at the time of the actual infraction?
In the OP, R1 was between second and third when the pitcher started his delivery, but was on third base when the pitcher committed the balk by stopping his motion. If the base award is from the time of the pitch, R1 stays at third. But if the award is from the time of the infraction, then R1 scores.
Nobody has provided definitive language from any authoritative document that says one or the other. The rule book itself certainly does not have that language.