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Jimurray

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54 minutes ago, johnnyg08 said:

But if you have a balk, you should call a balk at the time of the balk yes? Perhaps it is the base umpire? 

A balk is always called when it happens or you process it. Time is called as per MLBUM. Less than 2 out, not a ball 4 or strike 3 pitch, R1 stealing on a wild pitch with a balk called, F2 throws R1 out at 3B. You confirm R3 is out, acknowledge the "no pitch" and reset the count and await your discussion with the offensive manager.

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Senor Azul
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If the batter and all runners advance at least one base, the balk is ignored and the ball remains alive. OBR rule 6.02(a) PENALTY: The ball is dead, and each runner shall advance one base without

kylehutson
kylehutson

So in your particular case, the result of the play is that the batter and the only baserunner *did* advance one base, so the balk is ignored. If that runner had been on 2nd base instead of first,

maven
maven

That's easy: there are no options. The balk is ignored or enforced depending on play.

noumpere

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Right. It’s just like balk, throw to F3 who catches the ball and then overthrows F6 allowing R1 to advance to third. Too bad for the offense—R1 returns to second. 

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