National Federation rule chances for 2007

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by PWL

By rule a balk in Fed is always a dead ball situation, so why would a pitch be added to the batters count?

This is true, and following this logic, once the pitcher balks, the ball becomes not only dead, but no-pitch as well. So, if it is no-pitch, you could not add an artificial "ball" to the count.

And please, as Bob Jenkins pointed out to me awhile back, use dashes for rule book citations, such as 6-2-1e, and dots for case book citations, such as 6.2.2g. This way, folks can tell whether to look in one book or the other. Thanks.