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

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Originally Posted by UMP25

Regardless, one can and surely has called a balk because of an illegal act that ended up surprising the heck out of the umpire.

Yes, but it's not the surprise factor that made it a balk; it was the illegal act that did.

I think you and Dave are on the same side. Dave was simply saying that if the only basis of a balk is "I was surprised by the move he made," it's not always a balk. Obviously, it takes some illegal act to make it a balk.