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I'm calling it. In Legion ball, pitcher has to know how to step off. This is almost as ridiculous as the kid not knowing he can't go to the mouth on the rubber. If he needed to wipe his hands, he shouldn't have come set. Good balk.
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Personally, I think it would depend on the speed of this movement:
A quick movement- I call it. A slow movement- I let this one slide but am sure to point out this mistake to the skipper. If F1 is checking on R1, do you call a balk for any movement of his shoulders no matter how small or slow? If it's slow and only noticable to me 'cause I'm looking, I let that go as well. JMO |
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I was of the same opinion about a slow and deliberate shoulder turn not being called until just recently. SDS posted a cite from Mike Fitzpatrick that convinced me any movement of the shoulder after coming set is to be called a balk. Tim. |
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bossman,
As described, it's certainly a balk. If you call it on MY pitcher, I'm not going to complain. (I'm not going to like it very much, but it's MY fault, not yours.) If you DON'T call it on THEIR pitcher, I'm not going to complain either. (I don't think my team was disadvantaged.) If you DO call it on my pitcher and then DON'T call something equally "nit-picky" on their pitcher, then we've got a problem. JMO. JM |
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So you are saying that while it's "certainly a balk" it's "nit-picky"? Didn't sound nit-picky to me.....poor coaching maybe but not nit-picky umpiring. |
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Although in JM's defense, it WOULD be nit picky for the age group that JM coaches (Pony league). |
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Deliberate movement is a balk everytime. |
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