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Old Thu Jul 09, 2015, 03:12pm
umpjim umpjim is offline
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Originally Posted by walkerbard View Post
And an illegal pitch is called an illegal pitch, not a balk......unless there are runners on base....right?

It's my contention that the term "balk" can/is ONLY be applied when runners are on base.
The two Illegal Pitch violations are balks with runners on and balls without runners.

Your contention is correct but why would it be a point of contention. It seems pretty clear in the OBR rule book. Let's not talk about FED.
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