Thread: balk or not
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Old Thu Jun 04, 2015, 08:12pm
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Originally Posted by umpjim View Post
This might be a balk for feinting to 3B with a runner going, or might not:

Blackman advances on balk | MLB.com
I saw this game on TV. After the video we see there was much discussion about whether his non pivot passed the rubber, thus the balk when he threw to 3b. And of course he did not feint to 3b to drive a runner.

The second video, I don't see a balk.

And lastly, announcers are inaccurate, as usual.
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