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Originally posted by jicecone
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Originally posted by Daryl H. Long
Back to balks: In announcing the new rule allowing the pitcher to turn shoulders the NFHS Rules committee patted themselves on the back, commending themselves for providing ONE LESS WAY TO BALK. (See cover page of NFHS/RefereeMagazine Baseball Guide 2005)
That my friends still leaves 29 ways to balk in HS. What is wrong with that picture?
You don't see a problem with 29 ways to balk????
Quickly now...name them.
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Actually Daryl, I beleive there is 33 now, that I have counted for HS. One being applied for players not being in fair territory at the time of the pitch.
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I really did not count them up. I relied on information supplied to my state rule interpreter from the NF Rules committee that there remained 29 ways to balk. If 33 is correct it only goes to prove two things:
1. NF rules committe just as wrong about number of remaining ways to balk as they are about their interpretations of what constitutes a balk.
2. You proved my point that the complexity of just the balk rule is way too high for the skill level. Why should there be less ways to balk at the highest level of play (professional) than there is for lesser skilled high school players? I doesn't make sense to me.