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Old Sun Jul 08, 2007, 10:11pm
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Is it a balk?
R1, R3. RHP. Pitcher steps back off the rubber with right foot and slowly turns and does a pump fake to first base. Is this a balk or does the fact that he stepped off the rubber first make him an infielder so the faked throw is meaningless?
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Old Sun Jul 08, 2007, 10:15pm
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R1, R3. RHP. Pitcher steps back off the rubber with right foot and slowly turns and does a pump fake to first base. Is this a balk or does the fact that he stepped off the rubber first make him an infielder so the faked throw is meaningless?
As long as the pitcher didn't begin a motion to pitch like rasing his arms as he stepped off for example, it's not a balk.


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Old Sun Jul 08, 2007, 10:18pm
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he stepped off with his right foot behind the rubber. The umpire admitted that. Then said that you can never fake a throw to first, even if he does step off the rubber correctly. Cost us a ball game Friday night.
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he stepped off with his right foot behind the rubber. The umpire admitted that. Then said that you can never fake a throw to first, even if he does step off the rubber correctly. Cost us a ball game Friday night.
The umpire misapplied the rule then. Also, unless the winning run was balked in on the call it didn't cost you the ball game.


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Old Mon Jul 09, 2007, 05:43am
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he stepped off with his right foot behind the rubber. The umpire admitted that. Then said that you can never fake a throw to first, even if he does step off the rubber correctly. Cost us a ball game Friday night.
An incorrect balk call cost you the game?

Sounds like your team didn't get enough runs - but of course, that was the umpire's falult, wasn't it?
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Old Mon Jul 09, 2007, 06:36am
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How did the protest come out?
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Old Tue Jul 10, 2007, 01:25am
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How did the protest come out?
We will find out in a few days.
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Old Mon Jul 09, 2007, 06:51am
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An incorrect balk call cost you the game?

Sounds like your team didn't get enough runs - but of course, that was the umpire's falult, wasn't it?
I second the motion. Better get your 10-year-olds to the batting cages, coach.
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Old Mon Jul 09, 2007, 04:42pm
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Why do coaches teach pitchers to step off and then throw to 1b? can't the pitcher's learn the correct pick off move? I love it when they airmail a ball and I get to put R1 at 3b.
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Old Tue Jul 10, 2007, 01:28am
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I second the motion. Better get your 10-year-olds to the batting cages, coach.
Perhaps you should find out information before you type things that make you look like a moron.

I am not a coach. It's an amatuer league game that had a big bearing on the standings and it's two teams that love to compete against one another.

The fact that the run that scored won the game on a balk that was called that wasn't a balk is what is bothering me. If we get beat by them hitting the ball or us not throwing enough strikes, I can live with that, but the fact that with a 1 and 2 count with 2 outs ump makes a call that even his partner admitted was a bad call(later after the game) is what makes me angry.
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