Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!berry From: berry@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Still not reaching base - (nf) Message-ID: <1155@fortune.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 19:05:49 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.1155 Posted: Tue Jun 21 19:05:49 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jun-83 09:14:52 EDT Lines: 8 #R:houti:-30900:fortune:10500002:000:298 fortune!berry Jun 21 13:14:00 1983 There is still no such thing as a balk with no one on base. I don't have my rule book handy but a balk is defined is an illegal pitch with runners on base, or something very close to that. In any case there is a distinction between an illegal pitch (no one on base) and a balk (someone on base).