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Originally posted by ozzy6900
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Originally posted by dddunn3d
Well his pitcher decides that his coach knows more about rules than I, so to express his displeasure at being forced to pitch correctly,
with no runners on
he takes an exaggerated stretch so that his pitching arm actually scrapes the ground. Since this is a frosh/soph game I think to let it go, but now I'm not so sure that I made a good decision.
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I'm not sure what you are saying here. Did he do the same thing again but exaggerated it by dragging his arm? If so, you should have balked him again.
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But there was no runner on base... balk would be wrong.
PENALTY: The ball is dead immediately when an illegal pitch occurs. If there is no runner, a ball is awarded to batter.
"Hey, Pitch. I know you're trying to show me up but THAT IS AN ILLEGAL PITCH. You cannot hang your arm like that. You either knock if off and pitch correctly or I'm going to call them... and that last pitch would have been ball one."
I think you would definitely be wrong to let it go. Penalize. There is no room for smartasses - coaches or 10-year old pitchers.
Thu Apr 28, 2005, 08:59am
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