Ruling on this ...

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Now, that said, the plays I just described couldn't happen in the play DE used to start the thread. The balk is for "hesitating", so it can't be followed by a throw -- the ball is dead. If the balk was for not stepping properly as part of the throw, then the ball would remain live until the play ended.

Bob,

I must have had a brain cramp on that one. Once he hesitated, that was the balk, and the ball would be dead right there under all codes, with no throw possible.