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Old Mon Nov 05, 2007, 05:08pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteBooth
Garth at one time this was ruled a balk but later changed.
To correctly relate historical fact, that statement should read:

"Garth, at one time this was incorrectly ruled a balk by an umpring crew, only to be later corrected by their supervisor."

There has never been a rule that penalized this action as a balk, just a terrible decision similar to the one being suggested in this thread.
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