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Originally posted by UMP25
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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
Of course, he might have been thinking of his kid's HS games, in which he would have been correct.
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Which is why I think Federation Rules has it wrong here. Is one going to tell me he prefers killing the ball and enforcing a balk rather than letting a batter hit a 2-run homer, for example? No frickin' way!
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A good umpire is going to stop action anyway most all of the time.
When he hollers "balk" the batter is going to stop and many times the pitcher.
The announcers were completely incorrect in their talk about the balk and that is why FED makes so much more sense - these guys make a living calling baseball and don't understand it.
FED makes it easy for the umpires and the fans to understand.
Thanks
David