Pitch or throw?

Forest Ump · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 01, 2011, 10:32am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robmoz

Say no outs, runner is put out as a result of the BR interference, what happens to BR then, does he contnue to bat?

The BI occured when the batter hit the ball. Resulting action from that point on is null. Enforce the out on the batter. Return the runner.

devdem · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 01, 2011, 10:54pm

If the runner never actually broke for home, wouldn't this just be a balk.
The pitcher made a pitching motion while not on the rubber.
Maybe it was HTBT depending on what move he actually made, but I'm guessing it looked enough like a pitching motion that the batter took a swing.

Pat

bob jenkins · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 02, 2011, 07:42am

Quote:

Originally Posted by devdem

If the runner never actually broke for home, wouldn't this just be a balk.
The pitcher made a pitching motion while not on the rubber.

If that's what the umpire has, then it's a balk. The "assumption" in the OP is that the throwing motion was sufficiently different from the pitching motion.

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