NFHS and MLB/OBR balk rule and the hidden ball play.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008, 07:55am

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Originally Posted by UMP25

How about saying simply the "mound," which would refer to the hill. It's a lot easier to determine if a pitcher's standing on the hill than if he's "approximately" 5 feet away from the rubber.

They didn't say "mound" because some fields not only don't have grass on the infield, they don't have a mound, either. We umpire on all types of fields.

JJ

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