Wakefield, Hernandez, Francona and West

[RogersUmp]

What did Angel Hernandez call the balk for on Wakefield friday night? It looked to me like he may have stepped toward home on his attempted fake to third.

[rbmartin]

Francona ejected arguing balk call on Wake | redsox.com: News

Here's the video.
Not sure about the call.
I don't like Francona's behavior nor do I Like Joe West's behavior.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by rbmartin

Francona ejected arguing balk call on Wake | redsox.com: News

Here's the video.
Not sure about the call.
I don't like Francona's behavior nor do I Like Joe West's behavior.

Joe was doing his job. He rodeo-clowned Farcona away from Angel and Francona tried to bull his way through. At the end Francona threw his gum at Angel. Real classy guy.

[jkumpire]

Balk

[jkumpire]

"http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14540715&topic_id=11493214"

Sorr5y, can't make into a link for some reason

[Rich]

My first reaction was that he stepped to the plate instead of third.

[David B]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

My first reaction was that he stepped to the plate instead of third.

I can see why he called the balk, but that's very marginal. LHP get away with a lot lot more than that, and I like what Francona said, he's been doing that same move for years and its never been called.

Joe West is probably going to get in trouble for his part, you can't put your hands on the manager and get away with it.

Thanks
David

[johnnyg08]

You can't charge through a person either. West doesn't have to stand there and let him run through him either. Sorry, If somebody tries to run through me, I'm going to defend myself. Ridiculous to say that West should've kept his hands off of him.

[biggravy]

Originally Posted by David B

I can see why he called the balk, but that's very marginal. LHP get away with a lot lot more than that, and I like what Francona said, he's been doing that same move for years and its never been called.

Joe West is probably going to get in trouble for his part, you can't put your hands on the manager and get away with it.

Thanks
David

No way. Francona was clearly the aggressor here. He was raging like a lunatic and Cowboy Joe put his hands on him long enough to just keep him from charging right through him. GMAFB.

[BSUmp16]

Originally Posted by biggravy

no way. Francona was clearly the aggressor here. He was raging like a lunatic and cowboy joe put his hands on him long enough to just keep him from charging right through him. Gmafb.

+1

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by David B

I like what Francona said, he's been doing that same move for years and its never been called.

I don't believe that. If he had been doing that move for years, it would have been balked for years. He stepped toward the plate. Balk.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

I don't believe that. If he had been doing that move for years, it would have been balked for years. He stepped toward the plate. Balk.

It's just coach speak. Bill Walkenbach said that to me in his first year at Cornell after a balk on a pitcher he had only seen in practice.

[Welpe]

I am fine with that balk call.

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Another Troll has arrived!

No, Ozzy, that's simply "spam" - an entirely different thing.

JM

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