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SissySean -> RE: Clearing the air... (11/2/2006 9:03:03 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
It's WAY more complicated than that. Essentially, a balk is called if the pitcher violates any one of a number of rules that are designed to prevent him deliberately deceiving a baserunner. Here, the balk is described in Rule 8.05, and you'll see how lengthy the verbiage is:
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/pitcher_8.jsp
Anyway, here's a fun one I thought of the other night. There are a few rules written into the NFL rule book with the purpose of preventing a team from benefiting from a penalty--for example, the principle that a half cannot end on a defensive penalty: you can't just wait for time to expire and then deck all the receivers. If the half ends on a defensive penalty, the offensive is awarded a final untimed snap after the penalty is enforced.
Now--
Can you think of similar devices? Again, something in the rule book that prevents a team from benefiting from a penalty.
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ORIGINAL: SissySean
A balk is called if the pitcher does not come to a complete stop before delivering the ball.
I knew there was more to the balk rule, but I haven't pitched since high school, and I always just tried to remember to come to that stop to avoid the call, but thanks for that link.
As for your other question, and a good one, the only thing I can think of and may not fall under the same pretenses but I am thinking the infield fly rule?
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