1970's lefties balking

[jwwashburn]

(not talking about George McGovern and Jimmy Carter)

Little Joe and I were watching the 1975 All Star Game for free on mlb.com and I noticed that starting pitchers Jerry Reuss and Vida Blue were balking rather obviously with a runner on first-bouncing off the waist with no attempt to even give the impression that they know that they should pretend to stop.

I am 40 years old so, while I remember 1970's baseball...I didn't know form balks.

1) Was this common back then?
2) Was the rule different back then?


There was a balk called on Steve Busby but the camera work was lousy so, I have no idea what he did and he was a righty, anyway.

Calling San Diego Steve and those almost as old as him...what is the answer?

Joe in Michigan (soon to be Texas)