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Calling a balk for stalling?
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My son is a 12u right-handed pitcher for a travel team. He's been pitching for two years. One of his moves is the following: as he comes set to pitch from the stretch, he lifts his left leg as anyone would. Sometimes he will hold that left leg in the air a for 3-4 second pause then pitch. He's been successful at doing this as it throws off many batters he has faced. During a game yesterday, an umpire called him for a balk for STALLING! None of the coaches nor parents had ever heard of that and its never been called on him by any umpire anywhere! He's played in many tourneys and pitched 100s of innings. Never ever been called. Is this a real thing that's just never been enforced or is that one umpire making this up??
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