Reply to "Do you have a balk?"

Matt1310,000+ posts

Team Zona posted:
Matt13 posted:
If he began his motion to pitch and came to a complete stop after doing so, that is a balk at all levels.
As an umpire, take "attempt to deceive the runner" out of your vocabulary. There are plenty of legal ways to do so--we only worry about illegal actions by the pitcher.
I completely agree that this should be called a balk. However when I was watching the WBC championship game Stroman did this several times. He would just stop his delivery with his leg hanging in the air. Any reason that this would not be called? Same with going from stretch to set position, just about every pitcher would hitch 2 or 3 times before coming set. Why are these things being allowed?

Were there runners on?

Usually in going to the set, there's still something moving. As long as the hitch doesn't interrupt the movement to the set position, it's legal.

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