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Offline Reality

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The balk -or not
« on: October 23, 2008, 08:48:54 AM »
What do you Phils say about the Cole Hammels balk or not?

I was watching at sports bar with sound down.
I do think if the Ray slides and stays on the bag he is safe.
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Re: The balk -or not
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2008, 03:03:20 PM »
It wasn't clear his right foot moved toward home first, so IMO it wasn't a balk. Plus, Pe?a left too early. If he leaves a half second later, Hamels would've been going toward the plate.
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Re: The balk -or not
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2008, 10:18:57 PM »
It was a balk, but it won't matter

4-2, phils win 1 and 5 and then no one else can pitch and ryan howard has turned into a pumpkin
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Re: The balk -or not
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2008, 06:19:33 PM »
Might have been a balk by definition, but I think the balk rule is stupid regardless.  The angle at which hamels stepped didn't influence the base runners decision on whether to go or not.
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