Balk call on Bobby Jenks

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Originally posted by Coach Curt:
Friday night 6/10/11 they called a balk on Jenks in the seventh inning and I still don't see it. Can anyone explain this one or did the umps just blow it?

Hmmm. Do you have a TV that broadcasts the future, or are you making a prediction?

I'd really be interested in a link to this event.

"Someone handed me a picture and said, 'This is a picture of me when I was younger.' Every picture of you is when you were younger. 'Here's a picture of me when I'm older.' Where'd you get that camera, man?"

Mitch Hedberg

I'd like to make a bet with someone.

$1000 says that Bobby Jenks balks in the seventh inning against the A's on Friday.

Any takers?

OK, my mistake it was friday 6/3/2011, sorry but I have seen balk calles missed in MLB, but never seen one called when there wasn't a balk committed. I figure I am probably the one missing something.

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Originally posted by Coach Curt:
OK, my mistake it was friday 6/3/2011, sorry but I have seen balk calles missed in MLB, but never seen one called when there wasn't a balk committed. I figure I am probably the one missing something.

yes, coach you are missing something here...

There is a reason not one of us heard about this balk call…. It wasn’t controversial at all….and that’s because it was a good call….. Home Plate Umpire Dan Bellino called the balk.

The balk was called for a quick pitch…….

The applicable rule is 8.05e

If there is a runner or runners, it is a balk when:
e. The pitcher makes an illegal pitch…

e. Comment- a quick pitch is an illegal pitch. Umpires will judge a quick pitch as one delivered before the batter is reasonably set in the batter’s box. With runners on base the penalty is a balk. With no runners on base it is a ball. The quick pitch is dangerous and should not be permitted.

So, what did Jenks have to say about the balk call?

“I knew who I had coming up,” Jenks said. “And I knew going in, the scouting pitching report, if you quick-pitch him, he’s a first-fastball hitter. So I tried to jump on him a little bit. You can induce ground balls that way.”

And sometimes you get a balk called on you…..