Thread: Fielder's balk?
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2015, 04:26pm
Rich Ives Rich Ives is offline
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Originally Posted by drumsub View Post
JJ, what difference does 1 or 2 feet in foul have? Are you saying you'd make a call if the 1st baseman had both feet in foul while holding the runner on? Or would you stick with the "don't do that" response/warning?

Like any rule book for any sport, if it warrants mentioning it warrants a consequence. If it doesn't then should anyone really care, and should it be mentioned at all?
What you do is not put the ball in play until the fielder complies.

Smart move in FED.

MLBUM procedure for OBR.

Don't cause a problem - head it off.
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