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FWST: TCU’s Kirk Saarloos suspended for ‘excessive expression,’ could miss regional game
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<blockquote data-quote="Ron Swanson" data-source="post: 3156512" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>One of the more ridiculous BS scenarios.</p><p></p><p>1. The balk was not a balk. If you’re going to call a balk, IMO it needs to be fairly obvious and you better be right. There should never be a time where an ump is like “you know I think that might have been a balk, I guess I’ll go ahead and call it”. Especially in a close game with a runner on 3rd. Not only was it not obvious, after watching it on replay, it appears to not be a balk at all. Even if this was a balk, which it was not, the “balk” in question had no on-field impact. To make that call, you have to be completely incompetent with no grasp for the game-situation, or you are on the take.</p><p></p><p>2. Kirk then gets tossed by the ump because the ump misread the situation. Kirk was simply motioning to the field that he wants to intentionally walk the batter, and the ump thought he was talking ship or something? Ridiculous</p><p></p><p>3. Then Kirk rightly loses it after getting boned by the ump twice in a row, and instead of the Big 12 issuing an apology for the whole thing, he gets suspended for two games.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/l41lNp8dHpfaJE25O/200.gif" alt="Andy Samberg Nbc GIF by Brooklyn Nine-Nine" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ron Swanson, post: 3156512, member: 71048"] One of the more ridiculous BS scenarios. 1. The balk was not a balk. If you’re going to call a balk, IMO it needs to be fairly obvious and you better be right. There should never be a time where an ump is like “you know I think that might have been a balk, I guess I’ll go ahead and call it”. Especially in a close game with a runner on 3rd. Not only was it not obvious, after watching it on replay, it appears to not be a balk at all. Even if this was a balk, which it was not, the “balk” in question had no on-field impact. To make that call, you have to be completely incompetent with no grasp for the game-situation, or you are on the take. 2. Kirk then gets tossed by the ump because the ump misread the situation. Kirk was simply motioning to the field that he wants to intentionally walk the batter, and the ump thought he was talking ship or something? Ridiculous 3. Then Kirk rightly loses it after getting boned by the ump twice in a row, and instead of the Big 12 issuing an apology for the whole thing, he gets suspended for two games. [IMG alt="Andy Samberg Nbc GIF by Brooklyn Nine-Nine"]https://media0.giphy.com/media/l41lNp8dHpfaJE25O/200.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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