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OBR 8.05 If there is a runner, or runners, it is a balk when-
(g)The pitcher makes any motion naturally associated with his pitch while he is not touching the pitcher's plate.
Mendoza had a total vapor lock. He legally stepped off and then made his pitching motion and actually threw the ball to home plate. That is as clear a balk as a balk can be.
I was more irritated that Terry Francona was actually out there arguing the call with the umpires. That was a total no brainer balk and Francona demonstrated that he clearly had no clue about the rule. Geez....
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Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know. ~Socrates
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