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What is balked here?
I watched this video clip a bunch of times. What is the balk here?
Obviously I missed something. Thanks. Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | SD@TB: Hairston gets into scoring position on a balk - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia
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Listening to the announcers, it's obvious: "You have to step off in front of the rubber before you throw to first." ![]() |
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I'm sure he did something...yeah, I didn't post it to show anybody up, but on these videos I will search "balk" and try to see what F1 did and I just couldn't see it on this one...the camera angles aren't that great on the ones called by PU unless it's the super obvious ones.
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Looks to me like he spins on the front foot and then steps.
That said, and as I've said before, the balk rule in MLB and the balk rule in amateur baseball are the same, but the way it's called is different. Most MLB balks are for things that we wouldn't see and don't affect play (as in the video) and most MLB pitchers wouldn't do the stuff that our pitchers do. Conversely, if we called every litle twitch, every base runner would be balked home in about 6 pitches. |
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I'm thinking that Bob is right here. He didn't step toward first with his free foot. Matt Garza got balked the next night for breaking his front knee on a pickoff attempt to first, which in turn led to Joe Maddon getting dumped.
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My Pitcher was Balked Tonight | UmpJM | Baseball | 4 | Fri Jun 30, 2006 09:03am |