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I saw it live. Victor Martinez (CLE catcher) was on 1B, no threat to steal, Howard (PHI F3) played back. The pitcher threw to the base, hit Martinez, and the ball rolled toward the dugout.
U1 (and possibly others) called a balk and pointed at the pitcher. As the ball rolled around, the umpires called time. PU pointed at Martinez and sent him to 2B.
F1 walked around saying "why was that a balk?" The umpires huddled, determined (correctly) that the balk call was erroneous, since F1 threw to the base. Since time was out, Martinez could not advance on the loose ball, so they sent him back to 1B.
Eric Wedge (CLE manager) somehow managed to remain in the game. The umpires screwed up by (1) calling a balk, and as a result (2) killing the live ball, preventing Martinez from advancing on the loose ball.
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