Worst Balk Calls

hokieone5,000+ posts

Savannah's post got me thinking about the balk rule, undoubtedly developed by Buddhist monks on a mountaintop in the snow, hundreds of years ago.

What's the worst balk call you've seen or heard of?

My contributions:

(1)State playoff game, windy day, tying run on third, pitcher comes set and a gust of wind knocks his cap off so he instinctively grabs for it-BALK!!!

Maybe technically correct, but just horrible.

(2) My son on the mound, so it has my interest, and he does a rapid spin and throws to first, same move he has made for 2 years of high school ball, with zero balk calls- American Legion ump calls a balk, and says he has to "gain ground" with his move. I still don't know what that one meant.....

2/25/057:44 AM

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