Do you think he was coached to do that? I haven't seen this trick to try to get the run home and I certainly would not reward the offense. I coached for 12 years and it never ceased to amaze me what some clowns would try to do.
OBR uses the words "obvious intent" to cause a balk. I have seen bats fly out of players hands on swings but never an "accidental" drop of the bat as the pitcher is in his delivery. There would not be obvious intent in such a situation but I still would be motivated for a "do over" as was already suggested and not remove the player from the game.
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