Julio Urias's Balk Move To First...(illegal)

[TheStarOne]

Dodger's pitcher Julio Urias picked off Harper last night.......It was clearly a balk......Announcers agreed

question then;

How many MLB umpires does it take to call a balk?

answer;

obviously more than six

 

[ElTexan]

I was watching Kershaw in Game 5. Multiple times he didn't come set. Weird.

 

[ElTexan]

Dodger's pitcher Julio Urias picked off Harper last night.......It was clearly a balk......Announcers agreed

question then;

How many MLB umpires does it take to call a balk?

answer;

obviously more than six

Next time, add video evidence. I'd call you a dunce, but you're s fellow Cubbie fan.

Nelson on Urias' pickoff move

 

[The Q]

Balks are called less often than offensive pass interference in football.

Both need to be AT LEAST tripled from their current iteration.

Hell the game winning catch in the Ohio St/Wisky game was an OBVIOUS OPI.

They just pretty much aren't looking for it unless you shamelessly flaunt it.

 

[The Q]

Next time, add video evidence. I'd call you a dunce, but you're s fellow Cubbie fan.

Nelson on Urias' pickoff move

disagree. His front foot CLEARLY is going towards home plate.

He's well past 45 degrees there.

freeze it at 46 seconds. That's like 75 degrees easy towards the plate.

 

[ElTexan]

It's a clear balk

 

[The Q]

It's a clear balk

It really sounded like you were saying the opposite. lol

 

[ElTexan]

It really sounded like you were saying the opposite. lol

How?

 

[Guy Incognito]

disagree. His front foot CLEARLY is going towards home plate.

He's well past 45 degrees there.

freeze it at 46 seconds. That's like 75 degrees easy towards the plate.

The real issue is that they missed his front leg crossing his back leg.

The angle thing, pitchers have to egregiously break it to get it called against them.

 

[redseat]

Yes that was a balk imho... But if you are a baserunner you have to be paying attention at all times

 

[The Q]

How?

You criticized the poster saying it was a balk.

 

[ElTexan]

You criticized the poster saying it was a balk.

I criticized the poster for not adding a vid.

That is a clear balk. It's horse manure the umps let him get away with it

 

[redseat]

I criticized the poster for not adding a vid.

That is a clear balk. It's horse manure the umps let him get away with it

Why did you bullshit my post... I was agreeing with you

 

[ElTexan]

Yes that was a balk imho... But if you are a baserunner you have to be paying attention at all times

I bullshit this because 'you have to pay attention at all times'.
No, when the pitcher makes a clear move to home, you're supposed to get a bigger lead. It's dumb that the umps don't enforce this clear violation.

If the pitcher faked a pitch to home, you jumped to get a lead, then he throws to first to get you out... saying "you need to pay attention at all times" would be a bullshit thing to say.

Because it's s balk. And you should expect it to be called.

If I'm playing tennis, and my opponent lets the ball bounce twice, picks it up, and throws it in the air and slams it in me as I walk off the court because I thought the point was already over, saying "you should pay attention at all times" would be a dumb thing to say. No. I expect the chair ump to call it my point, as usual, and we move on

 

[redseat]

I bullshit this because 'you have to pay attention at all times'.
No, when the pitcher makes a clear move to home, you're supposed to get a bigger lead. It's dumb that the umps don't enforce this clear violation.

If the pitcher faked a pitch to home, you jumped to get a lead, then he throws to first to get you out... saying "you need to pay attention at all times" would be a bullshit thing to say.

Because it's s balk. And you should expect it to be called.

If I'm playing tennis, and my opponent lets the ball bounce twice, picks it up, and throws it in the air and slams it in me as I walk off the court because I thought the point was already over, saying "you should pay attention at all times" would be a dumb thing to say. No. I expect the chair ump to call it my point, as usual, and we move on

Fair enough... A tennis reference huh? lol

 

[ElTexan]

Fair enough... A tennis reference huh? lol

Tennis's is a metaphysically perfect sport.

 

[redseat]

Tennis's is a metaphysically perfect sport.

Never got into it. Besides why the hell would you grunt like that?

 

[Villain]

Balk rules can be so frustrating and confusing. It's hard when I'm watching with less-than-casual viewers and trying to explain why a pitcher moving his toe half an inch is a worth an extra base, but Cueto popping and locking halfway through his windup is perfectly fine..


I usually just say "I dont know man some rules are weird, sure wouldn't want to be an umpire."

 

[redseat]

Balk rules can be so frustrating and confusing. It's hard when I'm watching with less-than-casual viewers and trying to explain why a pitcher moving his toe half an inch is a worth an extra base, but Cueto popping and locking halfway through his windup is perfectly fine..


I usually just say "I dont know man some rules are weird, sure wouldn't want to be an umpire."

I am a little miffed that one umpire didn't call it a balk... Considering (as you mentioned) the rules are so grey. You'd figure at least one ump would have called it, even by mistake

 

[The Derski]

Probably half or more of lefty pickoffs and a good portion of righty pick offs are balks. It's a fairly easy rule to enforce but umpires have let it slide for a long time. The emphasis on speeding up the game hasn't helped.