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Originally Posted by itjclarke
Most balks I'm aware of can only occur when a runner is on base, and once the pitcher comes set. Most do not involve a pitch.. Once set, if you bend you knees, don't come fully set, take your hand out of the glove, step toward the plate, etc without throwing a pitch you're "deceiving the runner" hence a balk (no change in count). If you do something crazy and fall down, and the ball comes out, it may be a balk if a runner is on base.. But think this would only be considered a ball if no runners are on and pitching from the wind up... In either case the runner would reach first on "ball" four rather than on the balk.. Right???? That's how I'd understood it.
Please explain a balk/ball 4 scenario with runners and/or with no runners.. I'm very curious since I was a pitcher in my younger days.
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I lifted this.....When a balk is made on a pitch that is a 4th ball, it shall be ruled the same as when the batter hits a balk pitch and is safe on a hit or error, provided all runners advance at least one base on the play. Therefore, with a runner on 1st, 1st and 2nd, or 1st, 2nd and 3rd, when a balk is called on the 4th ball, the batter goes to 1st base and all runners advance at least one base. If they attempt to advance more than one base, they do so at their own risk.