I’ve got a stop under pro rules. It is legal for a pitcher to feint a throw to second base. Left handed pitcher while in the set position breaks his back (left) knee WHILE coming set, not when he is set. It's an effective balk move that a pitcher can get away with and often do. Tune in and find out! Posted by 7 months ago. It is a balk if, with runners on first and third, the pitcher steps toward third and does not throw, merely to bluff the runner back to third; then seeing the runner on first start for second, turn and step toward and throw to first base. Coaches have to know the rule set being used. One coach, even after being shown the rule by the umpire, gave our coach a hard time saying "well, it's bush league to use it when it's not legal to use it anywhere else". best. Balk or no Balk ? If lifting his foot was part of one motion that included stepping off the rubber, it would not be a balk, but it does not sound like this was the case. 120 years covered by the study; the 1988 season was not in the last 30. save. UmpMatt on March 6, 2019 at 11:31 pm Joe, there does not need to be a stop in the first example. I’m not seeing a balk in the first one. The balk was for lifting and setting his heel down, then AFTER the balk he stepped off. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. If these regulations are violated with one or more runners on base, an umpire may call a balk. hide. Formerly the LT Tap with new ownership & name as The Balk Tank Bar & Grill 100% Upvoted. Balk definition is - to refuse abruptly —used with at. The batter at home plate does not advance on a balk. I have not done NCAA in 4 years but I think it’s a discernible stop. 3 3. Balk or no Balk ? I will not address NCAA and OBR, but I will address NFHS: It is NOT a balk for the pitcher to take signs from anyone from anywhere while NOT in contact with the pitcher's plate. 85 were here. This thread is archived. level 1. Balk actions. Was Clint Hurdle acting within the rules? Just as the jump turn is more times than not a balk, that rarely gets called. It is a balk to quick pitch (to engage the pitcher's plate and immediately pitch the ball before taking or simulate taking his sign from the catcher); this IS a balk. Balk? The 1988 season was (a) after I had finished writing the annual Abstracts, and (b) NOT in the last quarter of the time period covered by this study, 1900 to 2019. Absouletly a balk. This happened about a week before the Buehrle / Fox balk call . This picher clearly brings his leg up then half to three quarters down before he changes direction toward 2B. How to use balk in a sentence. 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