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It's challenging enough to identify a balk and call it when you see it. Now combine that with having to make a judgment according to the level of play, inning, score, whether it decieved the runner, etc. I think it is too much to ask an umpire to consider all these factors when a player would learn more from having the balk called.
Many umpires will only call a balk if it is completely obvious. A lot of leagues don't want the "picky" stuff called. Calling the game according to how the team wants it called rather than how the rules state the game actually should be called is a challenge all umpires face.
Last edited by tip184; Wed Jan 14, 2009 at 09:03pm.
Reason: Deleted "s" on the end of " team"
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