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Fri Apr 27, 2007, 02:16pm

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Originally Posted by BigGuy

It IS possible to balk to second base. Committing a balk with a runner on first is balking a player TO 2B. It's a matter of separating the noun from the verb. They are not interchangeable. "To" balk means to commit a pitching infraction. "A" balk is the pitching infraction itself. So "to balk to second" means committing a balk that sends a runner to second.

Is it nit-picking, most certainly yes - however, you raised the issue.

Wrong. Runners don't balk. Pitchers balk. Runners advance to second base.

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