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Originally posted by whatgameyouwatchinblue
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Originally posted by gordon30307
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Originally posted by whatgameyouwatchinblue
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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In my "nape of the neck" this is not called. And before I get "what other rules aren't you calling today" line I agree as per Fed. that it is a balk. If the powers that be want it called than by all means call it. Personally I don't see it as being deceptive everyone knows (at least in my area) that the pitcher is asking for another signal. Where I'm at if I called it I'd be accused of "nit picking". Sort of like Coaches sitting on their buckets outside the dugout. By rule they should be in the dugout. However if they get taken out by a foul ball. Hey it's only one less guy that I gotta deal with. LOL
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Im sure someone is going to call me OOO again but here we go.
In my "nape of the neck" we are required to keep live ball area cleaned up. Including coaches on buckets. In fact we dont have a problem with coaches on buckets, they know they need to be in the dead ball area.
letting a coach keep his bucket in a live ball area can cause way more problems than telling a coach to sit on the bucket in dead ball.
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Hey, If it's common practice where you work than you should keep the Coaches out of the live ball area. If it's common practice where you work to balk waving off the signal with the glove than you should balk the pitcher. Where I work this is OOO.