All time Stupid Fed Rules Question.

[jkumpire]

FED only: R1, outs don't matter.  F1 in contact with pitcher's plate in set position, drops ball. Immediate Dead ball balk correct? Unlike other codes you do not let the ball roll to see if it crosses foul line? 

After posting immediately goes back to hide in corner in the hope nobody notices who asks the question ......

 

 

[Justin]

Same in all codes from what I understand.

FED 6-1-4 - "A pitch dropped during delivery and which crosses a foul line shall be called a ball...A pitch dropped during delivery with at least one runner on base would be a balk if it does not cross a foul line."

[jkumpire]

Brain disease is much worse than I thought, thank you for the shock therapy.

[maven]

1 hour ago, jkumpire said:

FED only: R1, outs don't matter.  F1 in contact with pitcher's plate in set position, drops ball. Immediate Dead ball balk correct? Unlike other codes you do not let the ball roll to see if it crosses foul line? 

After posting immediately goes back to hide in corner in the hope nobody notices who asks the question ......

The ball is not dead until it's a balk, which happens when it fails to cross the foul line, not when it's dropped.

1 hour ago, Justin said:

Same in all codes from what I understand.

It's a balk in all codes, but not dead in all codes, which is what jk was worried about.

[basejester]

The ball is retroactively dead at the moment it was dropped in OBR if the ball doesn't cross the foul line, as I think we concluded in this thread above.