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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4370586, member: 1969"] Now I am not saying whether it is a balk or not... it looks like it. But the league umpire office has opined that it is not for whatever reason. This ump decided to warn Gausman right before the game about it, and then called it on the first pitch thrown by Gausman that game and told him he called it to make a point. I can understand why Gausman was pissed. The umpire was likely disciplined by the league for it. It's clear he was grandstanding on his part to show up the league office because he didn't agree with their interpretation of whether it was a balk. Imagine an NCAA ref intentionally ignoring the interpretation guidance on a block/charge call, and telling the players such when he makes a call... this is basically what happened here. You can be for or against that being a balk. But we can't have umpires going rogue and making different calls just because they disagree with what the league office has decided. [/QUOTE]