Balk ends NCAA game

[David B]

Originally posted by mcrowder
What amazes me about all of the people thinking this was a bad call is that they all say, "Let the players play." But they DID. And one of those pitchers violated a rule. NOT calling that balk would have been inserting themselves into the game and not letting the players play. (And I guarantee the umpire who missed it would not be working NCAA ball in June anymore.)

I was watching the game and they showed the replay several times in slo mo of course and the pitcher did balk.

The problem though that I had with the play was that
TV showed all of the four pitches and he balked on two of the other pitches and it was not called.

Why did he wait for ball four to make the call?

But U2 was not even watching the pitcher, he was the umpire in chief and was looking at first base when the balk was called (as shown on replay) so maybe U3 wasn't looking either on the other two pitches or something.

I don't disagree with the call, just the timing of the call. If you're going to make a picky balk call then call all of them.

But, Arizona state ended up winning the series, so all is well in Sun Devil land.

Thanks
David