Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxt!jimph From: jimph@ihuxt.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: 8 ways to get on 1st base Message-ID: <206@ihuxt.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 14:44:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxt.206 Posted: Tue Jun 14 14:44:27 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 22:19:14 EDT Lines: 9 There is no such thing as a balk with noone on base!!!!!! The pitcher can do anything with noone on and if he doesn't release the ball, it is called no pitch. This rule has one exception, but it isn't a balk. If the pitcher goes to his mouth with his hand from anywhere within an eighteen foot circle around the mound, the umpire should automatically call a ball. If this happened with a 3-and-0 count, it would be ball four and a walk. Concerning Tom O'Connor's suggested 8th way of getting on base, if a runner is hit by a batted ball, it is correct that the runner is out and the batter gets first base, but the batter is credited with a single so that way was already listed.