if the ball is kept live and time is not called, that tactic is a balk.
It is not a balk if the pitcher is not on or astride the rubber. 8.05(i)
the pitcher cannot be in the mound without the ball and feint that he/she has posession of it. quit watching those Walt Disney baseabll movies.
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8.05(i) (With runners on base, it is balk when)
The pitcher, without having the ball, stands on or astride the pitcher's plate, OR while off the plate he feints a pitch.
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