@@gamaray6406 that's not really a mechanic... but I forgot the Foul Tip mechanic which does make 6; one might also count the called strike 3 mechanic ("punchout") as a distinct mechanic.
A balk can only be called when there are runners on base which is the reason why the penalty is against the pitcher in deceiving a runner and not the batter.
Specific examples, as I understand it (and some of these are part of the same rule) of balks. 1) if you start your forward motion towards the batter, then suddenly stop or try to pick off a runner (0:21). This is tricky because a simple pickoff move has to clearly show no signs of forward motion towards the plate. In 0:21 he barely started moving towards the plate before he stopped. 2) if you flinch while your foot is still on the rubber (7:39 - watch his head. He started his motion towards his set, then quickly stopped to check with the catcher again. At 8:28 focus on his right elbow. It flinches then stops) 3) if, in your pitching motion towards home plate, you take your foot off the rubber (even for a split second) then continue the pitch (1:36) 4) if you keep your foot on the rubber while trying to pickoff a runner (3:00) 5) if you botch your pitching movement during the set or windup (i.e. drop the ball even a little 3:23 , fall down, stumble, etc) 6) if you don't pause long enough between the set and the windup (ie, it looks like one continual motion). I don't think there were any examples of this type of balk in this video. 7) for right handed pitchers, if you don't move your right foot first off the rubber for a pickoff (3:42 - though this one could also be an example of #1 above). The opposite for lefties.
They’re a mysterious entity that passes through ballparks at inopportune moments in time. Sometimes the ump sees them, sometimes the opposing dugout. It’s customary for runners to progress so as not to displease the entity.
Balk Rules 1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of 2) Do not do a balk please.
I think the reason they're calling that a balk is because he's leaning towards home and his foot seems to be headed that way, but it is strange that home plate called it and not the 3rd base ump as he'd have the best view of if the pitcher was stepping toward 3rd or not. Having said that, any umpire on the field can call a balk and if home plate felt the step was more to him than 3rd base than it's the correct call.
@Bob Hamm I've always thinked the balk rule is unfair, reading you I understand a little better the spirit of the rule. Still, they should make some adjustments, I think most calls are unfair, I mean, how can a team get a run that sometimes even wins the game just cause the pitcher slipped a little bit? Maybe they should change the punishment to something lighter, like adding 1 or 2 balls on the count or something like that IMO
Cody Yeah, I thought the same thing! All announcers could use a refresher course. And me too. There are some subtleties of what is and isn’t a balk that I am constantly confused by.
@@slaymyface1357 Why, because the announcer said so? It may be hard to see, but a pitcher can't hop into a delivery. It is an illegal pitch, and with runners on base it is a balk. Continuing with his delivery doesn't eliminate the balk.
Balk Rules 1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of 2) Do not do a balk please.
Like most people, I understand the concept of what the balk rule is, but if you asked me to explain what moves by the pitcher constitute a balk call I couldn’t do it 😂
It is one of the most complicated rules in baseball. The concept of it is very simple, but spotting it is hard. The bottom line is that if the pitcher makes any move that mimics the beginning of his delivery to the plate to make a pitch - - - - and does not make a pitch, it's a balk.
I agree with@@Cardcollector-pz8hg. I was expecting a singular balk that was somehow so extraordinarily obvious that they somehow had 10 minutes of contact out of it, but I absolutely agree that nothing in this title implied that these balks would be anything but egregiously obvious.
3:14...this one made me laugh out loud. How the hell do you get to be a major league pitcher and think that that is legal? That was absolutely hilarious.
The announcer says “I think it was the fact that his foot when toward home plate.” No, sir, it was the fact that a ‘reverse (outside) pickoff move’ is not a thing.
Here is the balk rules taken from the handbook Balk Rules 1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of 2) Do not do a balk please.
@@chaosawaits His left foot did move slightly but it doesn't matter. He did not legally disengage the rubber. If he is going to pick to first, he must step to first. He didn't. That is a balk.
The balk rule should be a thing, bc it makes sure pitchers can't be scumbags to baserunners, but some things should be changed. 1. If the pitcher falls or trips, it should not be a balk. Who the hell they gonna throw out while they're falling on the ground towards the hitter? 2. A balk should not bring a runner home, it should only ensure the runner isn't picked off by it (if a pitcher balks and the runner would be thrown out BY THE BALK, the runner is safe) 3. The tiniest movement in the front foot of the pitcher should not be a balk. They are not fooling anyone into thinking they're throwing if their foot barely twitches, I mean come on.
Funny thing is Fernandez balked in two different ways. First, he started he moved his free foot before stepping off the rubber, then he kept his hands together, but the rules state that if he steps off the rubber he must immediately drop his hands to his sides. He might possibly have gotten away with the first one if he hadn't done the second.
@Meester_James not sure what you're watching, the runners were in the process of stealing they didn't have them stolen yet, but nonetheless, that does not erase the balk.
@@steveswangler6373 I never said it erased the balk, but because they both had them easily in the process of being stolen, the runners were already headed there. Not debating, just funny that he pointed to a base where the runner was just about there anyway.
"That's a live ball" No. It counts as dropping the ball during your pitching motion if it doesn't cross the foul line. If it does, it's a ball and a live ball. If not during the pitching motion then it's a live ball and no balk.
@@renardmigrant Right you are. Found the relevant rule: 6.02(a) APPROVED RULING: In cases where a pitcher balks and throws wild, either to a base or to home plate, a runner or runners may advance beyond the base to which he is entitled at his own risk. APPROVED RULING: A runner who misses the first base to which he is advancing and who is called out on appeal shall be considered as having advanced one base for the purpose of this rule.
The stupid rule of balks along with lack of Celebration because of the quote "Unwritten rule" and Home Umpires is single handedly the big 3 reasons why will continue lose interest each years
That's close. However the angle of his lead leg breaks the plane. The leg needs to be pretty much 90 degrees. Can't be leading toward the plate at all.
No, that is a balk. Once the pitcher's lead foot goes beyond the back plane of the rubber then he must deliver the pitch. You can see that Eaton started to advance when Shields' foot went behind the rubber. That is generally the first base umpire's call, but the third base umpire can also see it.
7:03 and 9:34 A pitched ball that never crosses the foul line is a balk. A balk is still a live ball, so the runner can advance past the one base. If the ball had crossed the foul line, it would have been called a ball and be treated like any other wild pitch.
I think considering the new pitch clock rules, pitchers should be allowed to balk if they want. They should still be required to get the actual pitch out to the batter by the end of the pitch clock, even if they attempt to pick off the batter.
This is one of those rules in the game that either needs refinement or the umpires need to be smarter about. A guy losing his footing and tripping on the mound is not a balk. The rulebook definition is a motion that is intended to deceive a baserunner. Pitchers messing up their footwork really doesn't meet that definition.
Actually it does. I agree that the vast majority are unintentional. But, what if the runner takes off on delivery. The pitcher stumbles, regains his balance, and throws the runner out. Should that be allowed? That's why it is a balk.
@@johnbleyer8490 any time a runner advances or tries to steal, he does so at his own risk. If the pitcher is able to recover and make a play on him after falling down or stumbling, that’s baseball and it’s poor judgement on the runner’s part for trying to make it. The runner shouldn’t get a free base just because a pitcher slipped during his delivery.
@@wurm90125 Hey I understand why you feel that way, but this is not a case of poor judgement. My scenario has the runner taking off as the pitcher starts his delivery, and before the pitcher slips. If the pitcher recovers then the runner is hung out to dry. That is why the rule is there. Otherwise anytime a good base stealer starts to take off, the pitcher can fake a slip and then recover and catch the runner every time.
Hilarious hearing the commentators try to explain the balk and they have no clue what it is either. Umpires can't even explain it, they just know one when they see it 😅🤘
As a lifelong pitcher... Balks are a purely human call. I never worried about it one bit, even though they suck ass. Never argued it once. Just took it and kept composure. I felt this video, deeeeeeeeply.
2:30 Somebody please get MLB to require announcers to understand the rules before they are allowed in the booth. Also 4:10 Once you begin your delivery you must finish. In the windup you are allowed one step back and one step forward with the non-pivot foot. Once he steps back with his non-pivot foot he is committed to deliver. There is no, "Oooh, I don't know." Kids at the 12U level know this.
Understandable, but what if the runner takes off on delivery. The pitcher stumbles, regains his balance, and throws the runner out. Should that be allowed? That's why it is a balk.
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Balks are almost as exciting as a home rum it seems by the way the umps and the commentary crew call it
Because it’s a very rare thing to see in professional baseball
Love me some home rum
No it's not a Balk is very rare a Home Run ins MLB isnt rare
it's every baseball nerd's favourite call
Its probabaly because it is one of the only rules that announcers know how to interpret correctly.
Got a sign for everything but for this its just point and shout "thats a balk"
umpires have only 5 mechanics or signs: strike, safe, out, fair/foul, time; everything else is pointing with a verbal
@@davej3781 6 if you count the headset signifying replay
@@gamaray6406 that's not really a mechanic... but I forgot the Foul Tip mechanic which does make 6; one might also count the called strike 3 mechanic ("punchout") as a distinct mechanic.
It's the same for interference. They just point and say "that's interference".
Protest.
Major League umpire Ron Luciano once said of it, "I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule."
I loved Ron. His book was hilarious, "The Umpire Strikes Back."
According to Google, a balk is a roughly squared timber beam. I see none of those here 0/10
Don't believe everything you read on the internet
@@joshw604 Well, in that case, I'm having a great deal of difficulty believing you
You've got the wrong balk
@@RedCard94 You're right. It must be the chicken kind
Damn this joke went over those two guys head.
After 10 minutes of watching nothing but balks, I've forgotten what an actual pitch looks like.
Me too
9:33 This is a pitch. Watch the catcher.
@@jaystarr6571 Well, I guess that is a pitch. But not your typical pitch.
@@jaystarr6571 It's a pitch that didn't cross the foul line which is a balk.
Pitcher - .0000001 seconds into a balk
Batter - *hands, mouth, and body into full motion*
A balk can only be called when there are runners on base which is the reason why the penalty is against the pitcher in deceiving a runner and not the batter.
Just watched 10 minutes of balks and still have no idea what a balk is.
An illegal motion by the pitch used to deceive the base runner
Specific examples, as I understand it (and some of these are part of the same rule) of balks.
1) if you start your forward motion towards the batter, then suddenly stop or try to pick off a runner (0:21). This is tricky because a simple pickoff move has to clearly show no signs of forward motion towards the plate. In 0:21 he barely started moving towards the plate before he stopped.
2) if you flinch while your foot is still on the rubber (7:39 - watch his head. He started his motion towards his set, then quickly stopped to check with the catcher again. At 8:28 focus on his right elbow. It flinches then stops)
3) if, in your pitching motion towards home plate, you take your foot off the rubber (even for a split second) then continue the pitch (1:36)
4) if you keep your foot on the rubber while trying to pickoff a runner (3:00)
5) if you botch your pitching movement during the set or windup (i.e. drop the ball even a little 3:23 , fall down, stumble, etc)
6) if you don't pause long enough between the set and the windup (ie, it looks like one continual motion). I don't think there were any examples of this type of balk in this video.
7) for right handed pitchers, if you don't move your right foot first off the rubber for a pickoff (3:42 - though this one could also be an example of #1 above). The opposite for lefties.
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@@ericcoon2787 extremely underrated comment. I'm rewatching this after reading that and can't stop laughing
Same lol
Balk Rules
1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that.
1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of
2) Do not do a balk please.
Lol made my day ! Cheers !
A balk is pretty easily identifiable
I appreciate the effort that went into that comment for a good laugh mate
bakugo it’s copy paste
Copy and paste much?
You can't just be up there and doin' a balk like that!
7:50 "IT'S A BALK! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!!!!" Um, not when you don't show it happening.
Lmaooo
It’s the clip before this. OP may have put these clips backwards by accident.
Every single pitcher that gets called for a balk looks like LeBron when he’s called for a foul.
Not enough flopping
Pitcher*
@@jimmer828 Thanks. Speech-to-text error.
0:26 I love how he just shrugs off the tag like “get off me bro that’s a balk”
I love how a balk is like seeing a Unicorn taking a poo... everyone gets yelly and pointy
1:07 The same motion every fricking lefty uses to go to first and gets away with
I'm not 100% sure but it looks like the pitcher didn't step towards third base for the throw directly which is grounds for a balk
He made a motion going towards home plate, and had no look to go to third
I think the reason they're calling that a balk is because he's leaning towards home and his foot seems to be headed that way, but it is strange that home plate called it and not the 3rd base ump as he'd have the best view of if the pitcher was stepping toward 3rd or not. Having said that, any umpire on the field can call a balk and if home plate felt the step was more to him than 3rd base than it's the correct call.
Its the 45 degree angle. Shields broke that 45 degrees by alot.
@Connor Spears your that stupid, allowed*
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Lmao
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7:52 was a very obvious balk
NoHaxJustTrash_ I know right
Bob Hamm r/wooooosh
@Bob Hamm I've always thinked the balk rule is unfair, reading you I understand a little better the spirit of the rule. Still, they should make some adjustments, I think most calls are unfair, I mean, how can a team get a run that sometimes even wins the game just cause the pitcher slipped a little bit? Maybe they should change the punishment to something lighter, like adding 1 or 2 balls on the count or something like that IMO
Funny how many of the home announcers were acting confused or trying to say these weren’t balks.
Cody Yeah, I thought the same thing! All announcers could use a refresher course. And me too. There are some subtleties of what is and isn’t a balk that I am constantly confused by.
Because the Balk is a confusing rule, and umpires can call anything remotely close to it as a balk
Rae's wasnt a balk. It was a bad call
@@slaymyface1357 Why, because the announcer said so? It may be hard to see, but a pitcher can't hop into a delivery. It is an illegal pitch, and with runners on base it is a balk. Continuing with his delivery doesn't eliminate the balk.
Does anybody really know the full balk rule or do we just know them when we see them
Balk Rules
1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that.
1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of
2) Do not do a balk please.
@@jimmyfaseler5968 if you don't balk I won't either and there should be no problems
@@jimmyfaseler5968 this is one of my favorite things ever.
Do not do a ball, please LMAO
@@jimmyfaseler5968 worth the read
@@jimmyfaseler5968 Incredible. I laughed so hard
I figured the Reds balk from a couple days ago would be on here
There was another reds balk yesterday 😂😂 (April 30, 2021)
I’ve only balked once throughout my time of pitching and that was because my leg twitches at the worst possible moment
Like most people, I understand the concept of what the balk rule is, but if you asked me to explain what moves by the pitcher constitute a balk call I couldn’t do it 😂
It is one of the most complicated rules in baseball. The concept of it is very simple, but spotting it is hard. The bottom line is that if the pitcher makes any move that mimics the beginning of his delivery to the plate to make a pitch - - - - and does not make a pitch, it's a balk.
Love how this is called "The Worst Balk" and includes "Incredibly Obvious Balk(s) That You Could Never Argue Isn't A Balk."
I think he used worst the other way. Meaning worst as in most significant balk, not worst balk calls
@@Cardcollector-pz8hg Its youTube, misleading clickbait titles are the rule, not the exception.
I agree with@@Cardcollector-pz8hg. I was expecting a singular balk that was somehow so extraordinarily obvious that they somehow had 10 minutes of contact out of it, but I absolutely agree that nothing in this title implied that these balks would be anything but egregiously obvious.
@@fomori2 misleading for idiots maybe, I fully expected pitchers obviously balling from the title.
I think it’s pretty obvious from the title that he means the significance of these balks. It doesn’t say the worst balk calls.
3:14...this one made me laugh out loud. How the hell do you get to be a major league pitcher and think that that is legal? That was absolutely hilarious.
The announcer says “I think it was the fact that his foot when toward home plate.” No, sir, it was the fact that a ‘reverse (outside) pickoff move’ is not a thing.
@@osuspebrg Im so glad someone else noticed this... been seeing this clip everywhere and no one picks up on that
@@osuspebrg the pitcher can turn in either direction to throw to second base as long as he does not hesitate toward third or first base.
Alternate title: The Worst San Francisco Giants Balks
9:33 Watch the catcher try to catch this "pitch". LOL
8:48
“Once he made that MuLoOVe” 🤔
The Phillies are in most of the clips😂
6:15 is that Jim Harbaugh?
Well, that was balkward.
Winning a game with a walk off balk, an unusual way to win. I heard legendary sports broadcaster Vin Scully.
“What do you say when a large chicken runs across the infield...”
Here is the balk rules taken from the handbook
Balk Rules
1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that.
1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of
2) Do not do a balk please.
Wow
9:15
Look at this you can see what a balk is
How is that a balk? He removed his back foot before throwing
chaosawaits There is a glitch
@@chaosawaits He stepped directly toward the plate then threw to first. That is a very blatant balk.
@@alanhess9306 his left foot never moved. He stumbled when moving his right foot off the plate.
@@chaosawaits His left foot did move slightly but it doesn't matter. He did not legally disengage the rubber. If he is going to pick to first, he must step to first. He didn't. That is a balk.
Those umps are annoying for the ones that obviously tripped and they got so hyped up 🤯🤬
That Ryu balk call is insane
I love the delay sometimes the umps have before making the call. Did I just see a balk?!....why Yes I did..."BALK!"
Nothing beats a balk-off winner.
Best part of the video, seeing Fernando Rodney slip.
That submarine pick off 😂
The balk rule should be a thing, bc it makes sure pitchers can't be scumbags to baserunners, but some things should be changed.
1. If the pitcher falls or trips, it should not be a balk. Who the hell they gonna throw out while they're falling on the ground towards the hitter?
2. A balk should not bring a runner home, it should only ensure the runner isn't picked off by it (if a pitcher balks and the runner would be thrown out BY THE BALK, the runner is safe)
3. The tiniest movement in the front foot of the pitcher should not be a balk. They are not fooling anyone into thinking they're throwing if their foot barely twitches, I mean come on.
I agree with all of this
Funny thing is Fernandez balked in two different ways. First, he started he moved his free foot before stepping off the rubber, then he kept his hands together, but the rules state that if he steps off the rubber he must immediately drop his hands to his sides. He might possibly have gotten away with the first one if he hadn't done the second.
great vid!
Pitcher trips, twitches, scratches his nuts apparently makes everyone sound like a bunch of chickens. Balk balk balk balk balk!
its the most unintentional mess up you can make in baseball and the umps get the most angry for it compared to any other call.
The umps don't get angry, they are just selling the call.
@wickedtoast "most unintentional mess up" so you think there are times player intentionally mess up?
@@steveswangler6373 theres this crazy thing called walking a batter. if they want to give a guy a base they do that. not sure if you knew about it.
4:42 🤣🤣
Umpires look so freaking cool when they call a balk not gonna lie
Wherever Timmy is I hope he’s doing okay
The balk is the most hilarious and awesome rule in baseball.
@5:20 the umpire is so jacked up to be able to point and advance the runners, but unlucky for him, they already stole both bases, hahahahaha!
@Meester_James not sure what you're watching, the runners were in the process of stealing they didn't have them stolen yet, but nonetheless, that does not erase the balk.
@@steveswangler6373 I never said it erased the balk, but because they both had them easily in the process of being stolen, the runners were already headed there.
Not debating, just funny that he pointed to a base where the runner was just about there anyway.
even the great K Scully is clueless
"That's a live ball"
No. It counts as dropping the ball during your pitching motion if it doesn't cross the foul line. If it does, it's a ball and a live ball.
If not during the pitching motion then it's a live ball and no balk.
Balk is a delayed dead, play can proceed and the balk is ignored if all runners reach the next base safely
Yep.
Only applies on a batted ball since in order for a balk to be ignored the batter has to reach at least first base as well.
@@eagleeye0078 no, if it were a wild pitch and a runner were able to advance two bases, that's allowed. Ken Saxer is right.
@@renardmigrant Right you are. Found the relevant rule:
6.02(a)
APPROVED RULING: In cases where a pitcher balks and throws wild, either to a base or to home plate, a runner or runners may advance beyond the base to which he is entitled at his own risk.
APPROVED RULING: A runner who misses the first base to which he is advancing and who is called out on appeal shall be considered as having advanced one base for the purpose of this rule.
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I can't reason but most of these pitches are weird and I guess pitching weird makes a balk. Tbh I don't wanna read head rushing mlb handbook.
MLB umpires overall suck, but their balk calls are always on point
Says a guy who never umpired a game in his life.
Except they don't suck
Become an umpire and over take all the suck then?
People don’t understand how hard it’s to ump.
Balk sounds like the sound a chicken makes.
Those MLB balks are very sneaky. The real reason of a victory & defeat.
baLK! thats a BALK!! THATS A BALK!!!
Love your videos
Video could also be called "Pitchers Throwing A Fit"
That thumbnail made that player look like an angry baby.
As a outsider looking in some of them balks looked like they were deliberately throwing the game. That's just my observation.
This is a really ridiculous compilation of balks. Worst I've seen on YT yet. Terrible.
The stupid rule of balks along with lack of Celebration because of the quote "Unwritten rule" and Home Umpires is single handedly the big 3 reasons why will continue lose interest each years
I once got called for a balk for blinking😔😎
Anyone else think a Triple A clip was included when they mentioned Al Albuquerque ???
You should do a “ worst decisions “
Nice vid
1:25 clean play!!! No balk.
That's close. However the angle of his lead leg breaks the plane. The leg needs to be pretty much 90 degrees. Can't be leading toward the plate at all.
No, that is a balk. Once the pitcher's lead foot goes beyond the back plane of the rubber then he must deliver the pitch. You can see that Eaton started to advance when Shields' foot went behind the rubber. That is generally the first base umpire's call, but the third base umpire can also see it.
Scary thumbnail
7:39 Alburquerque exists = balk
7:03 and 9:34 A pitched ball that never crosses the foul line is a balk. A balk is still a live ball, so the runner can advance past the one base. If the ball had crossed the foul line, it would have been called a ball and be treated like any other wild pitch.
5:20 runners already knew lol
Losing extra innings to a slip being called a balk
I think considering the new pitch clock rules, pitchers should be allowed to balk if they want. They should still be required to get the actual pitch out to the batter by the end of the pitch clock, even if they attempt to pick off the batter.
I still don't get it.
As a baseball player this hurt to watch
This is one of those rules in the game that either needs refinement or the umpires need to be smarter about. A guy losing his footing and tripping on the mound is not a balk. The rulebook definition is a motion that is intended to deceive a baserunner. Pitchers messing up their footwork really doesn't meet that definition.
Once a pitcher starts his motion toward the plate, he must deliver a pitch. Tripping, which causes the pitcher not to deliver a pitch, is a balk.
Actually it does. I agree that the vast majority are unintentional. But, what if the runner takes off on delivery. The pitcher stumbles, regains his balance, and throws the runner out. Should that be allowed? That's why it is a balk.
@@johnbleyer8490 any time a runner advances or tries to steal, he does so at his own risk. If the pitcher is able to recover and make a play on him after falling down or stumbling, that’s baseball and it’s poor judgement on the runner’s part for trying to make it. The runner shouldn’t get a free base just because a pitcher slipped during his delivery.
@@wurm90125 Hey I understand why you feel that way, but this is not a case of poor judgement. My scenario has the runner taking off as the pitcher starts his delivery, and before the pitcher slips. If the pitcher recovers then the runner is hung out to dry. That is why the rule is there. Otherwise anytime a good base stealer starts to take off, the pitcher can fake a slip and then recover and catch the runner every time.
Hilarious hearing the commentators try to explain the balk and they have no clue what it is either. Umpires can't even explain it, they just know one when they see it 😅🤘
I'm sorry which one was the worst one?!?!?!?
5:37 Blonde in the stands walking out at the biggest moment of the game and then turns around "what happened?"
7:05 I didn't know I pitched in the big leagues.
"That's a balk"
The first few were kinda nitpicky but pretty much everyone after the Fernando Rodney were pretty egregious
Do The Balk of life
Waiting for the legendary, infamous Santiago Casilla "balk-off" SF Giants loss; and you didn't disappoint.
As a lifelong pitcher... Balks are a purely human call. I never worried about it one bit, even though they suck ass. Never argued it once. Just took it and kept composure. I felt this video, deeeeeeeeply.
Riiiight
@@nickyeayea7257
I didn't say I was never pissed off about it. Haha
@@nickyeayea7257
What do you argue?
"I did NOT twitch slightly out of sync from my normal rhythm, you bastard!"
The balk has to be the least consistently called infraction in all of sports
For people that don't know what to look for or understand the rule, sure
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Dodgers suck, their baseball might be good but their adittude and manager are tras(dave roberts might just be the dumbest manager ever
Braves
Honestly because I like them and I think dodgers are actually really good
Zurdo 1269 And the chokes
That new team called the Buffalo Blue Jays.
What's your guys's favorite team Phillies
Padres
Cardinals
Phillies
Jays
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Mariners
5:38 Walk-off balk! Free wins!
first guy started then stepped off with his left foot, thats a balk
5:42 the legendary balk-off
I don't envy that pitcher.
2:30 Somebody please get MLB to require announcers to understand the rules before they are allowed in the booth.
Also 4:10 Once you begin your delivery you must finish. In the windup you are allowed one step back and one step forward with the non-pivot foot. Once he steps back with his non-pivot foot he is committed to deliver. There is no, "Oooh, I don't know." Kids at the 12U level know this.
starting with foul tip
@@geoffreyhooker9005 That one is the worst. Drives me nuts
7:31 BAR OF SOAP OMG
6:15 Wasn't Bumgarner called balk??
so pitcher falls over, its a balk. dont think the pitcher intends to lose footing
Understandable, but what if the runner takes off on delivery. The pitcher stumbles, regains his balance, and throws the runner out. Should that be allowed? That's why it is a balk.
It's finny how the guys committing the balk never catch it.
As a pitcher it’s you’re biggest nightmare
Shields thought he was a lefty there.
the whole video sounds like people trying to be chickens
Balk balk balk