JC Romero-Balk-o-matic

[jwwashburn]

Hard to see here but his glove is moving around before he pitches.

Balk on a pickoff Watch the jerk of his glove before his move.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Hard to see here but his glove is moving around before he pitches.

Balk on a pickoff Watch the jerk of his glove before his move.

Must not have been that obvious, as nobody said a word.

[jwwashburn]

The problem with some of these pitchers is they get to balk because they balk a lot.

The standard operating procedure for some umpires in the big leagues is to let some pitchers balk.

This guy balks like crazy.

[briancurtin]

Not sure what the big deal is.

[jwwashburn]

The pitcher is deceiving the runner when he jerks his glove around like that and sometimes pitches and sometimes makes a pickoff attempt.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

The pitcher is deceiving the runner when he jerks his glove around like that and sometimes pitches and sometimes makes a pickoff attempt.

Deceiving the runner is perfrectly legal if you don't violate 8.05 while doing it.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Deceiving the runner is perfrectly legal if you don't violate 8.05 while doing it.

Right, of course. Like I said, his glove jerks deceive the runner...and his glove jerks are balks.

[rookieblue]

Color me confused; is that the best you can find? The first video doesn't even let you see if he did anything inappropriate. Probably because he didn't.

[jwwashburn]

I know these are not the best clips...I am searching for others. I think the balk on the pickoff is pretty obvious, though.

If anyone watched the Phillies/Braves tonight, chime in...it was glaringly obvious.

[johnnyg08]

There is legal deception and illegal deception.