FL balk in Mets game

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Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | FLA@NYM: Mets tie it as Matthews scores on a balk - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

Bottom 8th. After coming set, Leo Nunez moved his glove then stopped. U3 definitely called it -- almost hilariously. PU may have called it, too, but his movement may have been reactionary to U3.

[Umpmazza]

that video does no justice...

[GA Umpire]

That to me is a tough call to make. It was very slight. Maybe it looked worse from 3B.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

That to me is a tough call to make. It was very slight. Maybe it looked worse from 3B.

They regularly call balks on those tiny little twitches in MLB.

[bob jenkins]

Correct. I've often said that we shouldn't look to MLB for guidance on how to call balks. Most of the time, those pitchers won't do what HS and under pitchers do, and much of what the MLB pitchers do that is a balk should properly be ignored at the HS and lower level (otherwise, there'd be multiple balks per inning).

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Correct. I've often said that we shouldn't look to MLB for guidance on how to call balks. Most of the time, those pitchers won't do what HS and under pitchers do, and much of what the MLB pitchers do that is a balk should properly be ignored at the HS and lower level (otherwise, there'd be multiple balks per inning).

You meant "per batter" not "per inning", right?

-Josh

[Forest Ump]

Ha Ha...I wasn't even close. Thanks for posting that video Yawetag.