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Originally Posted by Rich
I am not one to put a hand up. If a batter isn't ready and the pitcher is either starting to pitch or is about to, I'll call time and have them reset.
I will tell batters who ask for time, "I won't let him throw till you're ready."
By rule? I guess it could be a balk. Never in a million years would I call it that way. I'd call time and have them reset.
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That's pretty much the way I handle it.
You can't have a balk for a quick pitch unless the pitcher delivers an actual (live ball) pitch, and that should never be allowed to happen.
If F1 tries to throw a quick-pitch, I will kill the ball and tell him: "don't start your motion/stretch until he's looking at you." If he continues to ignore this directive, he gets ejected (haven't had to do that yet), but I will never have to balk a quick-pitch because there will never be one.