Sigh, runner on 2nd, pitcher takes sign, rolls his glove to get the signal again. I called the balk. The rat comes out to ask why this is a balk. I tell him he cant do that when in contact to the rubber. He tells me to watch baseball tonight and that i will see this all night long. I say thats mlb this is fed, in fed this is a balk. he then asks me why we didnt go over this in the rules clinic. I told him its not our job to teach him the rules. He walked off shaking his head.
I mostly only do fed ball, i've always known this was a balk in fed and always was ready to call it. But if i hadnt read this damn board today i dont think the pitcher would have ever done that. The gods were testing me tonight.
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