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Youth Baseball Balk Warnings
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Probably every little league program has balk warning rules for pitchers, say each pitcher gets 1 warning before balk is enforced, or 2..or however many.
Imagine this scenario and others like it. R3 has very big lead. Pitcher begins delivery and R3 starts to steal home. Pitcher balks in delivery and throws to third base. R3 steals home safely. Ump calls balk 'warning.' Should R3 be sent back to third base even though he scored despite the balk ? It seems to me the balk warning concept is only intended for situations when runners aren't trying to advance at that moment. Or put another way, a defense shouldn't benefit from a balk warning.
Thoughts about this ? Are any of you aware of particular local little league rules that make this distinction ?
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Your situation describes exactly why balk warnings are not a good idea. With balk warnings, you don't allow the runner to advance, letting the defense benefit from their mistake. A pitcher could pupos
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If your default rule set mimics OBR, there is no problem. Look at the OP. R3 leads off, F1 stops delivery and throws to F5...umpire yells BALK, runner scores. Since F1 threw to a base, and runner a
Rich Ives
Do over is wrong. Pretending the balk didn't happen is the right way to do it.
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