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Reply to "Do Your Umps Call Balks?"

I would add that at the older levels, most of the pitchers have been pitching now for a good long time and have learned how not to balk. At least on the most obvious balks.....

Younger ages balk all the time..........knowingly and unknowingly......calling every one is a lesson in futility....some are: failure to a complete stop......dropping the ball on the mound, feinting to first...Being on the mound without the ball.....etc....

Older pitchers have that down pat......there are a myriad of other balks, but you see them less and less.....and most assocations temper balk calls with "intent to decieve"......

A saying i was told 20+ years ago was to call

100% of all the balks everyone sees....mst of the balks that baseball people see...(coaches,players and umpires).....and none of the balks that only you see.........
Last edited by piaa_ump
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