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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
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Posted: Tue Jun 14 14:44:27 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 22:19:14 EDT
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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.