Is this a balk?

[ozzy6900]

Originally posted by dcasimir
No men on base. No count on the batter. Pitcher begins his windup.Just about to release pitch when his coach yells, "time!" Pitcher does not throw the pitch. What is the call? Is it a balk and the batter now has a count of "ball one?"

With no men on base, you have nothing!
WIth men on base, you have nothing!

Why?

A coach yelled "time" and the pitcher reacted to that. Warn the coach that if it happens again, he's gone! Runners stay where they are and count stays as is. Warn both managers and follow through with running them if the incident occurs again.

At no time is a person associated with the game allowed to cause the pitcher to commit an illegal act --- PERIOD.