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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by whatgameyouwatchinblue
This would be the same as F1 moving his glove to give the signals again. I'm not interpreting that as a movement to pitch
Fed says this is a balk and you dont call it?
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You mean the glove movement everyone knows is the pitcher asking for the signs again? No, I wouldn't balk that. Nobody in my area would balk that.
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But, In your first post you said, "In FED this movement is interpreted as the start of the pitch -- it would be a ball or a balk, depending on if there are runners."
You can't have it both ways. Movement is movement. What other movements do you allow and not call the balk. If I do not know which movements YOU will allow/prohibit how can I know which movements the NF will allow/Prohibit. That is my whole point in all these discussions.
BTW: I surmise you would not balk the glove movement for the same reason David B says, ie. there is movement everyone knows is not associated with the pitch. And from both your posts it sounds like a lot of umpires share this same philosophy just like I do.
But, while I disagree with NF interpretaion on this because they have either faulty logic or no rule support for thier case I am bound to call it like they want me to. In the meantime I will continue to try to change their mind.
[Edited by Daryl H. Long on Apr 14th, 2005 at 07:50 PM]