balk or not for fed, ncaa, and pro

[dumbdumb]

at one time this was pretty much a balk for all three levels, now it may or may not be for all. for this level personally it is a balk step to home. no step to first, just lifting the foot, but the foot comes back down right within his original 12 inch shoe space. now if moving the foot just a morsel/couple of inches, to first counts as a step then my statement of a balk changes to no balk on that reason. someone might have that falling motion as deceiving also. enjoy.

https://www.mlb.com/video/rob-thomson-is-ejected-for-arguing-a-balk-call

[jimurrayalterego]

18 minutes ago, dumbdumb said:

at one time this was pretty much a balk for all three levels, now it may or may not be for all. for this level personally it is a balk step to home. no step to first, just lifting the foot, but the foot comes back down right within his original 12 inch shoe space. now if moving the foot just a morsel/couple of inches, to first counts as a step then my statement of a balk changes to no balk on that reason. someone might have that falling motion as deceiving also. enjoy.

https://www.mlb.com/video/rob-thomson-is-ejected-for-arguing-a-balk-call

He had an obvious step but it was more towards HP than 1B, not seen by me until easily seen from the 3B camera view and U3. No crossed leg which would not be a balk anyway unless any part of the foot attached to that leg went behind the back edge of the rubber.

[dumbdumb]

16 minutes ago, jimurrayalterego said:

He had an obvious step but it was more towards HP than 1B, not seen by me until easily seen from the 3B camera view and U3. No crossed leg which would not be a balk anyway unless any part of the foot attached to that leg went behind the back edge of the rubber.

for all 3 levels. my own opinion was just for pro. no idea on fed or ncaa

[Richvee]

I’ll take “clueless broadcasters” for 100 Alex

[grayhawk]

The Phillies manager seriously argued THAT balk? There are mice, and there are elephants. This is a Wooly Mammoth.

[The Man in Blue]

I'll argue it wasn't the leg and the step that did it.  Don't look at the step, watch his body.  He made his first movement to home; he tried to stop it to change direction (hence the reason he was off balance, went behind the runner, and fell).

Balk all day long in all codes.

[The Man in Blue]