Reply to "Balk in the runner from third?"

Originally Posted by joes87:

Im guessing the Op was on the "wrong side" of this call. He is seeing it as influencing a close game where the opposing team would see not calling the balk as bad umping, show favoritism to the other team, etc.

I had no dog in the fight Joe. I am a HS umpire and my buddy was telling me about his game from the previous day where he balked a pitcher with a runner on third,. I have always struggled with calling balks with runners on third unless the balk was obvious, It was great to get some imput from fellow umpires on this issue.

4/24/159:08 AM

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