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Old Mon May 09, 2005, 08:22pm
Dave Hensley Dave Hensley is offline
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Re: And,

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Originally posted by Tim C
We are beginning to waste bandwidth.
I think that translates, roughly, to "yes, OK, fine, that would be a balk to second base."

A feint or throw to attempt to pickoff an R2, without the required step ahead of the feint/throw, would, in the commonly accepted jargon of the game, constitute a "balk to second base."

IIITBTSB is a useful training maxim to rein in the "Balkin' Bob" wannabes. It doesn't need to be completely and totally accurate to fulfill its purpose.
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