I don't think Tschida called a balk...hence the "odd" arm motions and I think that's why he huddled up with the crew. Balk = no pitch. No balk = a ball added to the count. He wanted to find out if another umpire had called a balk so the scorekeeping was correct.

JJ

Looked to me like he was lackadaisically telling the runner he was safe.

I agree, it was a strange motion.

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Then why was his whole non-pivot foot way in front of the rubber?

At the game and saw it on the jumbotron. He looked like he was in the set position to me.

Dollar hot dog night on Wednesday home games. Will be there for the Angels game tomorrow, also....:rolleyes:

It's just the goofy way he stands, but he clearly started his motion by dropping his non-pivot foot back behind the rubber and winding up with his hands together.

Don't eat too many hot dogs or you will get fat. Trust me on that one!;)

Correct, he did start his motion to home before he stepped off. It was hard to tell from where I was sitting what did transpire. I caught a little of it on the jumbotron. I was mostly baffled by what was going on on the field, what with the huddle and such.

I couldn't access a video, but from the one that was provided, it was clearly a balk.

When you see calls such as another "boner" by Doug Eddings, you might see their point.

Why Eddings refused help or even some instant replay is beyond me. Everybody in the whole ballpark besides him saw it clear the fence....:(

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Well, I'm sure that the Rangers had many other opportunities to overcome any bad calls from the umpires.

I mean, it's not like a one-game playoff with the winning run missing the plate and never touching it ever, and being called safe by one of the supposed best umpires in baseball!:rolleyes:

You missed something.

Thats why "Balk A Day" is doing the Bigs and "Rush to Judgement" is watching the game.

Thanks for the advice, "Grumpy the Umpire Slayer".