Clipping:More on what is a balk
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| Date | Saturday, July 10, 1875 |
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| Text | [from answers to correspondents] The pitcher of the Rhode Island club gets into position to deliver the ball to the batter. He has a habit of raising his heels from the ground, balancing himself on the balls of his feet, and then letting himself down again. In a game played here [Fall River], I saw him go through this operation every time before delivering the ball to the batter. He had no certain number of ties for raising himself, but varied from one to eight times. Sometimes, after making one or two of these motions, he stops to rest or turn, and throws to the bases. My reason for writing is to inquire if the pitcher, after making one of these motions, does not make a balk if he fails to send the ball to the batter immediately thereafter? After making one of these motions, a base-runner starts for next base—has the pitcher any right to throw to the base? … The motion referred to is undoubtedly one of his preliminary movements in pitching; and if he fails to deliver the ball after making such motion, he commit a balk. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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