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Just placed my order for the mesh and suede socks and the Cloud 4 pads.

Same. Looking forward to their arrival.

For those that have bought the GD mask, I did receive the email for the discounted pads today. I gotta figure out which ones compliment my TW ones since I only skimmed the descriptions earlier. WTBS, is there anyone thinking of adding a throat guard on their mask? Comparing mine, the GD mask extends roughly an inch lower than my Wilson one and it is at a better angle reducing more exposure. But, I am not sure I feel most protected with the way I stand. Probably going to jinx myself over thinking about it. Sent from my SM-F721U1 using Tapatalk

Say hi to my guy Joe T from Nor CA. Great umpire and an even better human. Tell him Tim O says hi. I am rooting for him to get a WS assignment in Williamsport this year.

I’m the one that commissioned @Velho to post this play. When I saw it during the Condensed Game replay, I’ll admit, I was befuddled. F1 is clearly in the windup, and actually turns and takes that drop-step towards 1B, then delivers the pitch. In all my travels, I have encountered colleagues who have called it a Balk (immediately, mind you), citing that “step (move) towards 1B”. Then, in post-games, or in class/clinics, they defend it, typically centering on what F1 can/cannot do with a R1. Obviously, 4 Professional Umpires didn’t call it; if they had, it would have been delayed (understandably), but… McNeil took that as Strike 3, and struck out (and the strikeout stood). So, was this a (missed) Balk? Anyone going to defend it as a Balk? If this goes unjustified, then at the very least, I requested Velho to post it for posterity… we can refer back to it here if we have someone down the road claim “it’s a Balk” when F1 pitches from the windup, and we can actually show it with video.

The important stuff.

USMC 85-96