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<blockquote data-quote="DecaturJacket" data-source="post: 1163159" data-attributes="member: 7369">I think it&#039;s the second picture that shows it being a balk. The way his leg is angled and where his foot is, I don&#039;t see a way that part of his leg is not breaking the plane. Also, his initial motion following that is towards the plate. Stepping towards the base is rarely, if ever gonna be called. I was always taught that there&#039;s a 45 degree limit, but that&#039;s not actually written anywhere.I think Lackey is looking at him in the first pic, thinks he&#039;s committed to the plate, then looks towards the plate. I mean that&#039;s kinda what you&#039;re taught to do, but yeah I mean I don&#039;t know how you don&#039;t have enough of an eye on the pitcher to see it and break back even if you get caught. He wasn&#039;t even far off the bag. It&#039;s not like he&#039;d already gotten his secondary lead.There&#039;s no point in complaining on that play. The 3b ump is the only one with a view and he&#039;s the one who didn&#039;t make a call. I&#039;d be willing to bet it was discussed later in the game. He just didn&#039;t make an ordeal of it.All in all, it was a well timed play and umpires don&#039;t want to call balks unless it&#039;s overly obvious. Fortunately it didn&#039;t hurt us in the long run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DecaturJacket, post: 1163159, member: 7369"] I think it's the second picture that shows it being a balk. The way his leg is angled and where his foot is, I don't see a way that part of his leg is not breaking the plane. Also, his initial motion following that is towards the plate. Stepping towards the base is rarely, if ever gonna be called. I was always taught that there's a 45 degree limit, but that's not actually written anywhere. I think Lackey is looking at him in the first pic, thinks he's committed to the plate, then looks towards the plate. I mean that's kinda what you're taught to do, but yeah I mean I don't know how you don't have enough of an eye on the pitcher to see it and break back even if you get caught. He wasn't even far off the bag. It's not like he'd already gotten his secondary lead. There's no point in complaining on that play. The 3b ump is the only one with a view and he's the one who didn't make a call. I'd be willing to bet it was discussed later in the game. He just didn't make an ordeal of it. All in all, it was a well timed play and umpires don't want to call balks unless it's overly obvious. Fortunately it didn't hurt us in the long run. [/QUOTE]

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