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Sat May 22, 2010, 04:24pm

jicecone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

It sounds to me like he came set, then got his signs, then came set again. How is this not a balk?

This is exactly what was happening. It was a young pitcher and the umpires did not call a balk. However there was some talk in the stands about wether this was actually legal or not.

OK Steve, you want to call it a balk, its a balk. He came to a complete stop and evidently deceived NO ONE.

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