Balk Video

[mrm21711]

Myself and some other association members were talking about this specific play during the 2009 MLB season and I managed to find the video.

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | FLA@CIN: Marlins get out of the jam despite a balk - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

I felt this would be a great video to show our association members during our pitching rule/balk presentation. Here were some points I wanted to stress:

1) Joyce nailed the balk by not killing (if you watch the replay you can see him trying to kill it but the PU Adrian Johnson didnt notice him when he ran up the 1B line to make the call) until the ball was caught by RF and it was apparent the BR would not reach 1B.

2) The crew did not correctly enforce the balk by awarding the batter a ball and and awarding him first base as a result. The balk penalty is the runners are awarded their advance base and the pitch does not count. Here they gave Votto 2B and Phillips 1B. Crew should have awarded Votto 2B and Phillips should have remained at bat with a 3-2 count.

3) With no runners on base, this would be an illegal pitch and a BALL would be awarded to Phillips. If the ball was caught in RF, he would be awarded first because of this. If the ball dropped in RF & Phillips reached first, the illegal pitch would be ignored.

I felt this was a good video and could perhaps show our members how to enforce balks under OBR (since most are clueless how balks and penalties are supposed to be enforced under OBR).

Any other suggestions or comments regarding my points?

Thanks in advance.