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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dave Hensley
At every level I umpire, kids to amateur adult, I generally call more balks than my partners. But at the same time, I am 100% certain when I call a balk, that it is a clear, black-letter balk that should be called. The moral of this story is that most amateur umpires are not calling balks that they should call. And that's where the inconsistency and confusion that Jim Porter mentioned is coming from.
Dave, some umps may call more balks than other umps just because of their ability to recognize the balk itself when it occurs. I think this thread is beyond that though. It agrees the balk has occurred, but now looks at intent, damage, etc.
That fact that you call more balks could be interpreted several ways: you pick boogers, you recognize them better, you call black/white, etc.
I think the video is named "See a Balk, Know a Balk"
Perhaps its time for the sequel, "See a Balk, Know a Balk, Call a Balk ??? "
BTW, I must credit Jim Porter to what I feel is one of the best posts I have seen in months. It is his post in this thread made 1/8 @ 1:49 to Moose. This summarizes an important position. I feel this should not go unrecognized.
Just my opinion,
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