Not sure what to call........

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by tibear

Had a situation the other day that I had never even heard of before.

R2, pitcher on the rubber takes the sign and then takes a long look (about 7-9 seconds) at R2.

Meanwhile, batter doesn't ask for time but leaves the box and is fixing his glove. Pitcher, then starts his windup turns to look home and finds that there is no batter in the box. Pitcher stops his delivery because of missing batter.

Offensive coach is screaming for a balk and the defense is saying it is the fault of the batter.

I'll let the discussion go for a while before indicating what I called.

We have covered this many times. No balk. Both the pitcher and batter violated a rule, so you start again from scratch. If the pitcher pitches the ball, it is either a ball or strike depending on the location (read: big strike zone).

P.S. Why was the pitcher using the Windup with R2?