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Mon Aug 24, 2009, 08:08am

bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline

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Originally Posted by Rufus

My fellow coach said it is because he didn't disengage with his pivot foot backwards off the plate first.

This particular rule is the same in all codes. Your fellow coach has been drinking the myth kool-aid.

Two differences that hve not been mentioned:

A balk is an immediate dead ball in FED, even if the balk is immediately followed by a throw or pitch. Kill it and advance the runners.
The "gorilla stance" is a balk in FED. How strictly it's enforced will vary by area.

Last edited by bob jenkins; Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 08:11am.

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