That baseball trick to tag out runner by hiding ball is a balk?

So that thing they do in the movies, where they pretend the pitcher has the ball, but like really the shortstop has the ball, and he walks up to the runner and they talk and then he's like "PWN3D!" and tags him out... that's actually a balk, right? o_o

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hidden_ball... , n00b

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Only if the pitcher is standing on the rubber.

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Nope. A balk is committed by the pitcher, not by a shortstop or first baseman.

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No. The play is called a hidden ball trick. It works like this:

The pitcher can't step on the mound without possession of the ball. That's the whole of the trick - if the pitcher isn't on the mound, the ball is in the possession of an infielder. As long as the runner stays on the bag, he can't be tagged out. There's no real trick to it, except that the runner is deceiving himself by not paying attention to the position of the pitcher.

Balks apply to pitchers, and in one specific situation, to the catcher, but not to the infielders.

Check the rulebook, as well as some of the other basic stuff covered in the links below.

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It depends. First, the ball needs to be live. Second, the pitcher must stand on or astride the pitcher's plate without the ball or fake a pitch while off the plate. Then the pitcher would be guilty of committing a balk.

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It's a balk only if the pitcher goes onto the mound and pretends he's ready to pitch. If he just loiters around the mound, then it's still legal.

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It is NOT a balk unless the pitcher is on the rubber at the time of the play.

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Only if the pitcher is in the pitching circle with-out the ball.

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No you idiot.

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