Thread: 39 ways to balk
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Old Tue Jul 01, 2003, 10:48am
Whowefoolin Whowefoolin is offline
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Lonewolf,

I wouldn't be "looking" for balks. Call them if they occur. If you start "looking" then everything looks like a balk.

If you see something out of the ordinary while calling balls/strikes, then pay attention to that.

Some crew work that the BU watches from the waste up, the PU watches the feet.

Just the other day had a game where the pitcher was turning his shoulder slightly to first with man on. I never noticed from 60+ feet. Then around the 4th inning, I noticed it, watched for it and balked him. Problem fixed.

No one hooted or hollered. It just caught the eye.
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