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Originally Posted by mbyron
MLB umpires never consider whether a move is part of a pitcher's "normal motion," a term that does not appear in Rule 8. So that has no impact whatever on how likely a move is to be ruled a balk.
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Is this tongue in cheek?
I think that "normal motion" clearly plays an enormous part in the way they call balks. No one said that "normal motion" is in the book.
What I was interested in with K-Rod is that he does it sometimes and not always. This is far worse than letting him get away with it if he did it every time. It gives him a huge advantage.
Joe