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Old Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:25am
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Originally Posted by egj13 View Post
Even in the current rule (before any change) it was a balk if you faked towards 3rd and then wheeled to throw to first without stepping towards first. Umpires at ALL levels were not enforcing the step towards first and thus not calling the rule as it was intended to be called.

So basically we as umpires weren't calling it consistently so baseball simply made it illegal at all times to take it out of our hands.
Ah. Well, at least we now understand your comment that it was not being called correctly. It's because you don't understand the rule in the first place. Glad that's cleared up.
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