Game today - Calling Balkologists...

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

HS Varsity - R2. F1 didn't step, step off etc he just did a "shoulder jerk" toward 2B. I didn't call it b/c he didn't have to throw to 2B - did I miss it? Did he have to step toward the base anyway or disengage?

For the record HC went ape $%#& b/c I didn't call it.

HC was right. This is a balk all day: F1 may feint to 2B, but must step toward 2B first (or step off first).

Originally Posted by Rule 8.05

Rule 8.05(c) Comment: Requires the pitcher, while touching his plate, to step directly toward a
base before throwing to that base. If a pitcher turns or spins off of his free foot without actually stepping
or if he turns his body and throws before stepping, it is a balk. A pitcher is to step directly toward a base
before throwing to that base but does not require him to
throw (except to first base only) because he steps.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Oooh...back under the bus, dude!

Thanks, I needed that.

It was one of those "that can't be right" deals and I had a brain freeze. R2 had me stuck.

I figured I miised it.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Oooh...back under the bus, dude!

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

Thanks, I needed that.

It was one of those "that can't be right" deals and I had a brain freeze. R2 had me stuck.

I figured I miised it.

I miss those days.

[David B]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

Thanks, I needed that.

It was one of those "that can't be right" deals and I had a brain freeze. R2 had me stuck.

I figured I miised it.

Happens to everyone, but where was your partner, he should have bailed you out on one like that.

At least that's what we always hope happens. (g)

Thanks
David

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by David B

Happens to everyone, but where was your partner, he should have bailed you out on one like that.

At least that's what we always hope happens. (g)

Thanks
David

You can't balk in softball. My partner's "claim to fame" is softball. He lives for it. He's stuck in it. He wouldn't call it if it hit him in the face (probably). Don't get me wrong, he's a decent umpire. Sometimes things just get lost in translation from 60' to 90'

David, this was last year - Madison Central at Grenada - MC pitcher and to top it off I balked Grenada TWICE for a knee jerk. GHS coach was right to have a fit. I let him.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by waltjp

I miss those days.

I don't

It's hot under there.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

I don't

It's hot under there.

Oh, stop your whining.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

You can't balk in softball.

Can't lead off in softball, either, so you don't need a balk rule.

[mbyron]

Oh hey, we don't have enough softball chat in this forum.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by SethPDX

Can't lead off in softball, either, so you don't need a balk rule.

The point wasn't the lack of the rule. The point was because of the lack of the rule, he probably isn't very familiar with it's application. See, he's a softball up and prefers softball. He brushes off the rubber and 2B. He's fanatical about softball. David asked why he didn't bail me out. My reply was meant to say that it's not a rule in his preferred rule set so getting a 'GM' wasn't happening.

[SethPDX]

Okay, I get it now.

If he likes softball that's fine, but I don't know why people who want to do both don't bother to at least learn the differences.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Oh hey, we don't have enough softball chat in this forum.

That's because there is a Softball Forum! Visit it sometime!