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Old Wed Jan 14, 2009, 12:26pm
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) View Post
Kevin,

Since all balks are "avoidable" - I know this because I regularly see pitchers pitch and make pick-offs without balking - I have no idea what you are trying to convey by this statement.

Nonetheless, I believe I disagree with your assertion.

Would you care to clarify?

JM
Balks that are so obvious that they must be called. Calling the balk is unavoidable.

I hate calling balks and I hate it when a game turns on a borderline balk call.
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