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Old Mon May 09, 2005, 11:13am
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ChapJim,

I believe it is an 8.05(c) violation. That is, in the umpire's judgement, the "legally set" pitcher started to make a move towards 2B and failed to complete the "direct step" required on a feint to 2B.

I saw a replay of the balk on ESPN last night and couldn't for the life of me see what the pitcher did wrong. Of course, I'm not a MLB umpire and the guy who called it is.

JM
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