Thread: Overturned Balk
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Old Fri Sep 28, 2012, 09:55am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
I honestly have no idea what you're looking at. Look at where his foot is at 1:04 and 1:05 of the video. Pretty standard disengagement there.
If it was standard, why did U1 balk it?

Seriously, it looked way too much like a jab-step. Most fake-to-third/fake-to-first moves I've seen have F1 disengaging the pivot foot during the step to third base, well before they turn to go to first.
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