Balk ends NCAA game

[Dave Hensley]

Originally posted by Bfair
While Yeast may have emphasized the need for officials to assure pitchers come to a complete stop, I doubt if he wanted his directive to mean situations where no advantage could be gained (such as perhaps a pitcher throwing from the set position with no runners on base).

Yeast would not need to concern himself with whether a no-stop balk should or shouldn't be called with no runners on base; there is an approved ruling in the NCAA rules that says the pitcher need not come to a complete and discernible stop with no runners on base.