Is whining & *****ing more prevalent this year?

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Originally Posted by Dave Reed

I assume you didn't really mean that the bolded portion was determistic or even important, but just in case:

There are many ways to balk, but surprising the umpire isn't one of the ways.

And, "angle" is the correct way to decide if a step balk has occurred.

No it's not, and I hope you don't subscribe to the mythical 45* angle all too erroneously assumed to exist.