MLB umpire says that you can balk with a dead ball!

[Rich Ives]

Originally posted by insatty
Yes, Freix. Offsides (encroachment in FED), illegal procedure (false start in FED and NCAA), and too many men on the field (illegal substitution in FED and NCAA) are dead-ball fouls. The analogy is inexcapable. Penalize the balk.

Subs cross the line "all the time" between plays as they shuttle in and out. It doesn't make them offsides or whatever. Plus, I beleive, you cannot call too many men if the extras get off the field bsfore the snap.