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Originally posted by KLooking
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Originally posted by David B
I thought the announcers beat it to death because they didn't understand the rule.
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No: the announcers, at first, questioned the balk, not the fact that the batter was sent to first base.
Steve Lyons watched the replay of the pitching move by Oswalt and said "that's a stop right there!".
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You must have been watching another game or something. The two announcers (don't know who they were) went all over the world with their interpretations and wondering how the pitch counted, but many times when the pitcher balks the umpire doesn't count the pitch etc.,
All they needed to say was the rule: "if the batter runner and all runners advance at least one base, then the balk is ignored."
They never mentioned that part of the rule, and went on for two innings still questioning how the interpretation was arrived upon by the PU.
It was absolutely horrible for kids and parents watching the game because nowhere was a correct ruling given for the play.
And the announcer said he stopped, (but that was in slo mo) and in fast motion it looked like a balk everytime, at least to me (and I guess to PU since he called it)
thansk
David