Balk call last night

[Justme561]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Your partner was right. Call time, reset, do over. For FED ball, if the batter steps out with both feet, you call a dead-ball strike (7-3-1).

OBR 6.02 COMMENT:
"If after the pitcher starts his windup or comes to a “set position” with a runner on, he does not go
through with his pitch because the batter has stepped out of the box, it shall not be called a balk. Both the
pitcher and batter have violated a rule and the umpire shall call time and both the batter and pitcher start
over from “scratch.”"

FED 6-2-4-d1:
"If the pitcher, with a runner on base, stops or hesitates in his delivery
because the batter steps out of the box (a) with one foot or (b) with
both feet or (c) holds up his hand to request “Time,” it shall not be a
balk."

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[zm1283]

I am amazed at how many umpires don't know this rule. I had to explain it to a partner just last weekend when we were talking about it after a game.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I am amazed at how many umpires don't know this rule. I had to explain it to a partner just last weekend when we were talking about it after a game.

The more games you do and the more partners you work with, the more you will find this to be true for many rules. Having said that I believe it is more prominent at the HS and below level than College and above. But I have been proven wrong at those levels also, just not as much.

Just like every other thing that people do. There is the good, the bad and the ugly.

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by Justme561

OUCH! Kicked that one. Thanks for the feedback.

Did you kick it or did the people who trained you kick it?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Justme561

OUCH! Kicked that one. Thanks for the feedback.

You're welcome. You'll own it now!