Last night Reds v. D’backs ends in a balk. The pitcher didn’t look as of he did anything special. I looked up videos and articles and I still do not understand what is a balk.
What is a balk? When is it not a balk?
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A balk is a movement from the pitcher that appears to be the beginning of the motion to throw a pitch, but that stops.
It is basically a movement that could potentially fake out the runner into thinking a pitch will be thrown. If you look at the video from the game last night, the pitcher begins to move his hand to the mitt and then brings it back and then moved it to the mitt again. That’s the basis of the call. In past years, I believe the rule was much less strict but recently they are calling them more strictly.
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