Show The Stupid Balk BASEBALL was getting along well enough without any change In the balk In the first 1948 was a record attendance year and 1949 was almost as There was no complaint from the ballplayers or um- V out Hj Then it popped l y back in a i H is a type of violation that f I and practically no fans e r Grantland Rice Few umpires really They merely The base runner who benefits from a balk gets something he hasn't It is simply a blind Veteran pitchers are charged with balking four times in one As many as 20 or 30 balks are called In a week against various big-league No one seems to know how the plaque slipped Ford Frick says he was out for no vital change In calling President of the American league is even more outspoken along these There has been no or private demand for any But suddenly this past spring In exhibition the rhubarb-maker was on the The pest had Exhibition games were suddenly being rudely torn Few umpires could tell you exactly how long a second Leo Durocher was one of the first managers to predict the upheaval that was to I believe Dean called the turn he one of them umpires called a balk on I'd just band him the ball and my glove and you are the I'll do the Here is the main Who Is responsible for all this The presidents of the two baseball's commissioner or the Certainly the players and fans are Baseball has had enough trouble this spring with bad television and badly conditioned ballplayers to carry a new The two big leagues are over as we get the sour below normal Many teams are playing before and Certainly the present balk situation Isn't going to help an already soggy baseball |