Murphy25

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Yes, they call balks at 10U. They play full OBR. In some instances, yes, there was a quick pitch involved. I knew the rule for coming to a set position and referenced it to the umpire, but don't see anything in the rule about balks, which is why I'm asking the question. Does day/night game really matter?

Hey all, Ran into an issue in my son's 10U game the other night. With runners on base, the pitcher for the other team would engage the rubber in the set position with hands together, bypassing the preparatory position as required by the rule (Preparatory to coming to a set position, the pitcher shall have one hand on his side; from this position he shall go to his set position as defined in Rule 5.07(a)(2)). Upon seeing this, I pointed it out to the umpire and he acknowledge this is illegal and explained it to the pitcher. However, the pitcher continued to start his engagement from the set position with the umpire having to call time several times. I typed all of that to get to this. Should a balk have been called for every offense after the initial warning?