Balkin Bob?

PeteBooth · #8 (**permalink**) Wed May 30, 2007, 12:39pm

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Originally Posted by David B

Just wondering if someone saw the first balk called on Giants pitcher last night. ESPN showed the second which was pretty obvious, but they didn't show the first one. On the web news, the Giants all didn't see the first one and questioned it.

Of course the umpire making the call Bob Davidson "balkin Bob".

Just wondering if it really was a balk as some of his calls are often questionable.

Thanks
David

The second balk was obvious and a "no brainer". In watching the game it seemed as if all the umpires were calling balk.

The first one i cannot figure out. Also, it seems as if ONLY Bob Davidson saw the balk because none of the other umpires "blinked"

As far as making a "gutsy" call IMO I do not think the last call was "gutsy" even though the game was on the line. I think most who saw the game called balk at almost the same time the umpires did. Every-one knew that Benitez balked.

I would not have called the first balk. Granted I didn't have my eyes GLUED to F1 but the balk was "petty" at best and IMO should not have been called.

The last one - No problem. The first one as the title of your thread indicates is Balkin Bob

BTW he had another call that went against LaDuca where he rang up a strike on a questionable check swing. So besides the balk Davidson also contributed in "other" ways.

Pete Booth