Brain Teaser

[Welpe]

Rich, I'm not talking about the Fed rule. I'm fully aware of what the OBR rule is.

Originally Posted by Manny A

If F1 came to a complete stop and never delivered the pitch, you might be able to kill play right after that. But in this scenario, he only hesitated and then restarted his motion to pitch. You really can't kill it until all play ends.

I still can't envision a balk where the pitcher, pitching from the windup hesitates but doesn't stop. Mechanically it doesn't seem possible.