i don’t know what a balk looks like and at this point i’m too afraid to ask
@jennaashlyn Everyone has a different answer, I was going to make a similar tweet bc I do not understand and that didn’t seem fair
@jennaashlyn If the pitcher does something that looks off, it's a balk.
@jennaashlyn Basically if you stop your motion and don't pitch the ball. It can be very judgemental and inadvertent so sometimes you can have it done multiple times in a game without meaning to.
@jennaashlyn When not picking off, If u come to a stop in ur set position, then make a twitch movement without delivering the ball to the plate, that’s a balk. For righty when picking off to first the same applies. But also, if u lift ur front foot/leg up (even a little) prior to picking off
@jennaashlyn A balk is when you
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@jennaashlyn someone could sit me down in front of a screen and show me a balk and I’d still be like 🫥