[DOC] [TLE] Official Rules | MLB.com [PAR] Major League Baseball 2016 Official Rules. A printable version of the 2016 
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Official... [DOC] [TLE] No-hitter - Wikipedia [PAR] In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a single 
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According to the rules interpretation of the time, this was considered a no-hitter. 
.... Three pitchers have thrown a no-hitter in their first major league starts; two... [DOC] [TLE] Balk - Wikipedia [PAR] In baseball, a pitcher can commit a number of illegal motions or actions that 
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when he has no intention of doing so. In games played under the Official 
Baseball Rules, a balk results in a dead ball ... The balk rule in Major League 
Baseball was introduced in 1898. [DOC] [TLE] Umpire (baseball) - Wikipedia [PAR] In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including 
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in the next. .... Once an umpire has gone to clinics and rules meetings they then 
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who take ... Baseball has no game clock, although almost all games end in the 
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particular page and the pages of the Official Major League Rules ... (b) Next, the 
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Question: According to Major League rules, the ump starts the game with this single word, without "ball"
Answer: "play"