Balks

PeteBooth · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 11, 2010, 01:09pm

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Originally Posted by charliej47

I'm PU on a 15U game. Both teams have kids that play High school.

Sure they played by FED rules? Just because these kids play HS doesn't necessarily mean this league or game was being played under FED rules.

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VT F1 in the stretch getting signal with the "gorilla" arm. Looks at 1st where B1 is leading off. As he looks he swings his right arm around. I call a balk. The VT coach politely asks why. I state "Coach your pitcher made a motion to 1st by waving his arm around when he looked". Coach yells at F1 to keeps his arm still and goes back to the dugout.

If they were playing by OBR rules, this is NOT a balk. Even in HS I would call TIME, dust the plate off and tell F2 to go talk to F1 and tell him the "deal"
I KNOW what the rule states but even FED has "tweaked" this ruling from it's first inception.

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Next inning HT F1 comes set then does a "Jump Turn" toward first and feints a throw. I call a balk. The HT coach comes out as asks why the balk. I state "Coach your pitcher may not feint to 1st while in contact with the rubber". The coach states yes but he came off the rubber when he did the "jump turn". I state "Coach your pitcher started his motion while in contact with the rubber and pitching restrictions apply". The coach goes back to the dugout.

No problem with this one as this is a balk under all 3 major rule codes.

Pete Booth

charliej47 · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 11, 2010, 01:37pm

At the start of the game both coaches inform me at the plate meeting that they wanted the High School balk rules used.

The first time he waved his arm around I called time and while dusting off the plate sent F2 out to talk to him. Two pitches later he did it again and that is when the balk occurred.

Steven Tyler · #3 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 11, 2010, 02:19pm

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

No problem with this one as this is a balk under all 3 major rule codes.

Except gorilla arm is not a balk in OBR and NCAA.

MD Longhorn · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 11, 2010, 02:25pm

I find it extremely humorous that the only person I blocked the first time I was active here for posting nothing but stupid ... 3 years ago ... is still posting, and the one time I click "View post" on one of his, it's still stupid.

ozzy6900 · #5 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 11, 2010, 06:35pm

The jump turn is considered to be in contact with the rubber throughout the move.

DG · #6 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 11, 2010, 08:07pm

Semantics. A jump turn or jap step is a throw to 1b, if you don't throw it is a balk.

johnnyg08 · #7 (**permalink**) Sat Jun 12, 2010, 12:32am

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Originally Posted by DG

Semantics. A jump turn or jap step is a throw to 1b, if you don't throw it is a balk.

Yep, it's pretty cut and dry.

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