Balking Bob

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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

...the pitcher break his hands, and step off the rubber ...

You must step off of the rubber before breaking your hands. If he broke his hands first, it's a balk.

Having said that, Bob Davidson tends to detect balks where no other mortal can detect them. I think he can actually sense when a pitcher is thinking about balking and call it preemptively.