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Old Mon Apr 12, 2010, 10:06pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Reed View Post
I assume you didn't really mean that the bolded portion was determistic or even important, but just in case:

There are many ways to balk, but surprising the umpire isn't one of the ways.

And, "angle" is the correct way to decide if a step balk has occurred.
No it's not, and I hope you don't subscribe to the mythical 45* angle all too erroneously assumed to exist.
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