Balk 8.05d, FED vs OBR

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by cshs81

Do FED and OBR share the same wording for the balk rule 8.05d that deals with throwing to an unoccupied base with the exception of making a play?

Pretty much but the rule itself is a run-on-sentence that if you were in my 6th grade English class, you would not have been a friend of the teacher!

FED 6-2-4
ART. 4 ... Balk. If there is a runner or runners, any of the following acts by a
pitcher while he is touching the pitcher's plate is a balk:

b. failing to step with the non-pivot foot directly toward a base (occupied or
unoccupied) when throwing or feinting there in an attempt to put out, or
drive back a runner; or throwing or feinting to any unoccupied base when
it is not an attempt to put out or drive back a runner