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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Worst advice ever. I'm sure you've discarded that since then.
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You're taking it too literally.
With every pitch, do you tell yourself, "That was
not a balk"?
No! You don't. And that's because nothing looks unusual about it.
It doesn't even occur to you to call a balk.
But, when something looks odd, even if at the very instant it occurs you could not immediately say WHY it's a balk - your mind is racing to determine why, indeed, it
is a balk. What sets our brain in motion is precisely because "it looks wrong".
The key is that you have to be able to intelligently and properly articulate why it
was a balk once you call it.
SIDENOTE: Whenever I'm a BU, with a runner on 1st, I have to confess that I do, specifically, tell myself "That was
not a balk" - especially if the pitcher has already demonstrated that he is on the edge legality.