I know that, and somehow you know he knows that because I guess you
know that and you know him, and you know he that he meant that, but
it might be misinterpreted by the uninitiated to mean that the rule
*applies* here, don't you think ?

All that rule means, to me, is you can call a balk on a pitcher who
delays the game by fooling around in some unspecified way, instead of
just telling him to cut the malarkey and pitch, meat. Meat earns
himself a balk instead. That'll teach him.

--- In llumpires@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry McKissack"
<jlmckissack@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In llumpires@yahoogroups.com, "naumpires" <naumpires@y...>
wrote:
> >
> > Are you saying he IS unnecessarily delaying the game merely by
the
> > act of throwing to F6, who is not actually in a position to
> > immediately make a play or R2 ?
> >
> > I think not, and there's plenty of caselaw to back it up.
>
> No - what he's saying is -- there is in fact a balk penalty for a
> pitcher delaying the game - i.e., delay of game is a baseball rule
> (see 8.05)
>
> Is that part of the rule applicable in this stitch? - short of any
> other mitigating information - we think not.
>
> Jerry