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Thu Oct 16, 2008, 10:22pm

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

Concerning Balks. About 10 yrs ago or so there was a memorandum issued to the umpires I believe in Spring Training of that year to start calling Balks more in line with the "book definition"

As a result there were more balks called in 1/2 that year then in all of the previous year. The Players Union reacted and things went "back to normal"

That would be the infamous balk year of 1988. It was Bob Davidson's favorite year.

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