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In a game last night we had a man on 3rd. The pitcher is in the set position, picks up his left leg (right hander) and steps directly towards third, and making a throwing motion - but stops short of throwing the ball. I immediately called for a balk, as did my 3rd base coach, and the umpire agreed. However, the chief umpire told me I'm wrong and that the only base(s) the pitcher must throw to if he steps towards them are first and home. I'd argue a fake throw to third from the set is a balk. Am I wrong? Thanks!
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This situation came up last week: 1 out runners at second and third. VT batting. Pitch comes in and batter swings and contacts F2's mitt and also hits the ball fair toward F1. BR breaks for first and R1 breaks for home. F1 fields and throws behind the runner to third just as the runner turns to run back to third. Run down pursues ending with R1 getting tagged out. BR made it to first easily during the rundown. It was ruled that BR was safe at first so the award on the obstruction was ignored and the runner tagged out would return to third as he was not stealing or squeezing on the play. (the coach was asked and he answered that the runner was NOT stealing or squeezing). Opinions?
