Balk plus Ball

[SanDiegoSteve]

It should read "If no runners are on base it's an automatic ball, and if there are runners on base it is a balk." It is a mistake in the new rule. The old rule called for a warning, a ball, and announcement. Now the rule is automatic ejection and suspension. It is only a ball or balk if the offense elects not to take the result of the play. If they do take the play, play on McDuff but the pitcher still gets tossed.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

It should read "If no runners are on base it's an automatic ball, and if there are runners on base it is a balk."

That just rephrases the mistake of apparently conjoining the penalties.

Better: If no runners are on base it's an automatic ball; with runners on base it is a balk.

Shall we turn this into a "let's rewrite OBR" thread?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mbyron

That just rephrases the mistake of apparently conjoining the penalties.

How? It separates them just fine. If no runners...If runners. Nothing confusing about my wording. The current wording does not make a ball call conditional upon having no runners.

Originally Posted by mbyron

Better: If no runners are on base it's an automatic ball; with runners on base it is a balk.

Why? Because you wrote it? It just restates exactly what I wrote.

Originally Posted by mbyron

Shall we turn this into a "let's rewrite OBR" thread?

Why not? Then we can put an end to asinine threads like this one.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

How? It separates them just fine. If no runners...If runners. Nothing confusing about my wording. The current wording does not make a ball call conditional upon having no runners.

Why? Because you wrote it? It just restates exactly what I wrote.

Seriously? You can't tell the difference between a sentence with a conjunction and one without? You're dumber even than your politics suggests.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Seriously? You can't tell the difference between a sentence with a conjunction and one without? You're dumber even than your politics suggests.

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