I watched the first outing for M. Tanaka of the Yankees on Saturday. I'm a big Yankees fan so I was very excited to see what he's got against MLB hitters.
BUT my initial take away was that it looks like he comes close to balking when he's in the stretch. He appears to come set twice. Once at his belt and then again at his chest. If I was doing a high school game and had a kid do this, I would probably be inclined to want to call it.
You guys think he gets away with it because his name is Tanaka? I've got it on video and will try to post Ina few minutes. I was surprised no one else has caught this yet.