Balk Called by Coach....

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Any pointers out there for how to develope good judgement around these types of plays would be great

As Bob has already stated,"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgment."

Two past incidents that stand out in my mind. Amateur Ball. R3 taking a lead and yelling at the pitcher during his wind up. Obvious, yes. Did we eject, no. Could we have, yes. Instead it was a quick "Time, with a warning.

Batter in box. R3, tied score, bott of 7th. Legion ball. Batter steps to front of box, turns a 360 and gets set again. Pitcher balks. I call time and "Do over." Was the batter attempting to bring the winning run home? I thought so but, I choose to handle it differntly. HC argues that there is no such thing as a do-over and I explain that my other alternative is to eject the batter.

I realize this may have been handled differently by others here including myself at higher levels of ball but, I just wanted to point out two situations I have seen.