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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 02:37pm
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Mariners Mark Lowe balk?
I have never seen this guy pitch but his "set" seems to be a balk every time-no stop.

He is a reliever for the Mariners. I am watching him right now on mlb tv
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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 02:47pm
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If there are no runners, the requirement to stop lapses. Relievers often pitch from the set even with no runners.

And your link does not come up with any video of this pitcher.
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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 02:54pm
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There was a runner on base.

I was not linking to a video of the pitcher. I merely said where I was watching the game.
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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 03:46pm
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Well, if you want comments on it, you need to post the video for us.
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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 03:49pm
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I was wondering if anyone else has seen this guy pitch and noticed the same thing.

If I find video, I will post it asap!
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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 04:55pm
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I did not see a link this balk either, but I did decide to subscribe to MLB.com TV and man am I glad I did!

Thanks, Wash!
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MLB.com TV is FANTASTIC as long as you do not plan to work during the day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays
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Old Fri Jul 24, 2009, 08:46am
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Im a huge M's fan and no its not a balk, very close, but not one...
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Old Fri Jul 24, 2009, 02:23pm
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I am a huge M's fan, so trust me, the M's pitcher is not balking...pretty funny. The guy "bounces" his hands instead of setting them. I am still efforitng a video clip.
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Im a huge M's fan and no its not a balk, very close, but not one...
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I am a huge M's fan, so trust me, the M's pitcher is not balking...pretty funny. The guy "bounces" his hands instead of setting them. I am still efforitng a video clip.
I'm with Joe here...a change of direction is not a stop, and bouncing the hands is a balk. This of course without seeing it, but based on Joe's description, sounds like a balk that isn't being called. The rules are clear about making sure the pitcher doesn't try to "beat the rule" by not coming to a stop.
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Old Fri Jul 24, 2009, 03:59pm
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I'm with Joe here...a change of direction is not a stop, and bouncing the hands is a balk. This of course without seeing it, but based on Joe's description, sounds like a balk that isn't being called. The rules are clear about making sure the pitcher doesn't try to "beat the rule" by not coming to a stop.
Anyone that has an MLB.com account can watch this guy pitch in the archives of the 7-23-09 game vs the Tigers.

I have seen several hundreds of MLB pitchers and have not seen this since I have learned the rule (20 years ago?)

Now, my son and I have watched several games from the 1970's and it seems like nobody ever stopped...did the rule change sometime in "recent" memory?

Joe

PS Steve, "recent" does not include Clay Kirby.
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Old Fri Jul 24, 2009, 04:08pm
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This does not show Lowe Balking but it does have Angels announcer Rex Hudler
say "THE TIE DOES NOT GO TO THE RUNNER"

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | Mark Lowe just beats Aybar to first to get second out of 9th - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia
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This does not show Lowe Balking but it does have Angels announcer Rex Hudler
say "THE TIE DOES NOT GO TO THE RUNNER"

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | Mark Lowe just beats Aybar to first to get second out of 9th - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia
Rex is cool. He's one former player that gets it. I always enjoy interviews featuring him.
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He is becoming my favorite all time analyst. Rex sees everything. He is also the most fun guy to listen to that I can even remember. (Mike Krukow is fairly close there.) Rex knows the game so all them struggles with English is forgivable.

Greatest Rex gaffe: He is interviewing then No.1 pick Trevor Bell live during the game the night the Angels drafted the kid. Rex gushes about how the kid's grandfather was the original Bozo the Clown: "I heard your grandpa's the original Bozo the Clown!! ... How's he doing?"

Bell: "Uh, he passed away several years ago."

Rex: "Oh wow, my bad."
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He is becoming my favorite all time analyst. Rex sees everything. He is also the most fun guy to listen to that I can even remember. (Mike Krukow is fairly close there.) Rex knows the game so all them struggles with English is forgivable.

Greatest Rex gaffe: He is interviewing then No.1 pick Trevor Bell live during the game the night the Angels drafted the kid. Rex gushes about how the kid's grandfather was the original Bozo the Clown: "I heard your grandpa's the original Bozo the Clown!! ... How's he doing?"

Bell: "Uh, he passed away several years ago."

Rex: "Oh wow, my bad."
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Kid to Bozo, "Cram it clown!"

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