Pitcher loses mind after umps call balk, a breakdown 

I didn't know Eastbound and Down made it to the show.

I am the same way. I also hate how arbitrary a balk call can be. One pitcher can make the same move in one game and get no call but then do the same thing the next day with a completely different umpire crew and get called for it.

It's like goalie interference in hockey. Completely subjective.

BALK RULES! IMPORTANT! 1. You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of 2. Do not do a balk please.

Balks are the cricket of baseball

No one knows what it means but it’s provocative. Gets the people going

As someone who has also seen dozens of of said videos, I can definitively say, with 100% confidence, that MLB umpires also have no idea what a balk is.

Neither do the Umps

The spirit of the rule is so that you can't fake out a batter or runners like you do with a golden retriever.

​@@coffeyallday😂😂😂😂😂

He absolutely did not hold his composure!!

@@jdcart21well he did when he asked about the strike call lol

​@@jdcart21 He calmed down enough to escape the inning before losing his shit completely 😆

That umpire would not look so smug if he was challenged to a FIGHT with someone like Stanek-good thing baseball is a "peace-loving sport" b/c umpy would've looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone LOL

Me too! I love the Astros and this pitcher typically annoys me for not baseball reasons 😅 BUT I love him now. Holding it down for the team. 🧡💙

He was probably getting yanked after that anyway or maybe it was top 9 idk

he got ejected lol, i guess he wanted to finish the inning before getting ejected

he got thrown out for it lol

Ryne Stanek is an absolute DAWG

Which is exactly why he got ejected from this game.

@@Extem1 He didn't care they were going to bring in a new pitcher next inning anyway

​@@jrlangston6779exactly. He knew that as well as anyone which was why he wanted to finish the inning before he got tossed. He knew his day was over so he got his money's worth

@@RobertReital facts finish your job and vent your frustration without hurting your team

He balked and he knew it. Just trying to cover his little cheat he tried to do, typical astros behavior.

Maldonado can't hit and competes against Bartolo Colon for speed around the bases. BUT he is the Astros' starting catcher for a reason.

@@woodysmith2681 That isnt Maldonado, that's the astros rookie catcher Yainer Diaz

@@trevorgreen6687 Thanks. Didn't notice. Diaz has been pretty good but Maldonado was hired as "the pitcher's catcher", so I just assumed. First breakdown of hte incident that I saw but read about the WTF responses the day after it happened.

I know exactly what a balk is, I know that a catcher can balk, did anyone know that? As someone who was an umpire in the semi professional level. I would have never called that, it was absurd and that ump wanted the Dodgers to win it’s so obvious and blatant. That ump needs to go back to Umpire school because he sucks and is bias and there’s no place for that in any sport.

@@Tekagi Maldy has definitely mastered that aspect, but this was the rookie Yainer Diaz. He's really proving to pretty much everyone except Dusty Baker apparently that he deserves more playing time.

Damn. That's a big word.

It’s the one time they get to make a big play! 😂

The point is to stop the pitcher from delivering…

Are there chickens or something? I’m guessing the umpire sees a chicken, and it pisses the pitcher off? Which is weird because I never hear it Bok.

Ooop he stepped over the line...

For the cricket fans: A balk is basically when a pitcher does a thing. I think.

Long answer NOOOOOOO one really knows, except umpires. And they're not telling.

This is extremely validating as someone who has only ever casually observed baseball. First time I ever heard of a balk was on a jomboy video, I tried to look up what it meant and immediately became confused. As far as I can tell, if the pitcher randomly exists incorrectly while on the mound then it’s a balk.

@@misterhat6395 haha okay so the players on the bases can sprint to the next base at essentially any point. They are held back because everyone can throw the ball much faster than they can run. So the best time to run is when the pitcher is winding up to throw the pitch, as everyone is focused on that and the catcher (who can see everything and all the runners) has to wait until the ball is all the way to them to try and throw them out. But it's shite if the pitcher can do his whole windup and then say SIKE and flip around and throw the runner out. So essentially once he starts his IM SERIOUS TO PITCH HERE windup, he cannot just stop it midway or even partially to "trick" the runner. A balk is basically saying the pitcher was too far in his IM PITCHING windup to abort. It's like in football (soccer to some places), during a penalty kick. You cant sprint up to the ball and pretend to kick it and say JK JK got you flinching, and then do it again. Hope that makes any sense lol

@@laynierae2396you know ball

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Same here😂😂😂

Thanks, Michelle.

That is valuable. Wtf are you complaining about walking 3 consecutive batters to start the inning

*consecutive

*7-5 game into 7-8

I bet the dodger fans really enjoyed this one ☝️

Angel Hernandez loves it when that happens.

Lol. I loved the few times he mentioned the players themselves contacted Jomboy after the game to tell him what they said hahaha.

Thinking in their heads as opposed to thinking outside of their heads? Ah right. Just thinking.

@@jasondyrkacz8270 He's waiting for his time in the limelight again so he can sue jomboy for racist hate speech. I'm calling it lmao

correct call baby boy

I think that's one of the calls where the umpiring crew are told they need to be emphatic about it, because if they come across as wishy-washy then the pitcher and his team are more likely to go nuts over it.

@@johnward2998 That strategy does not appear to be working.

because it’s never true lmao they have to put on a show so people believe it

@@yugdailso you think the umps have an ulterior motive to screw over pitchers just for the hell of it?

@@matta5749 at the very least they make shit calls and then don't fix them which 100% should be allowed if it isn't.

Yainer Diaz. Future star. Book it.

Molina is one of the greats.

@@Cavachonc777 Saves you from thinking, yeah

I dunno. If Jimmy was on maternity leave he's probably got some explaining to do. Paternity leave I understand though

It’s paternity leave

Oh, being on maternity leave as a father is TIGHT.

He didn't apologize, just simply stated.

@@balkthor it sure is sir!

Is it just me or have there been an unusual amount of obnoxious balk calls recently?

@@jackh337probably pitchers have more of these start stop type balks because of the pitch clock rules messing with their routine.

The dude started his delivery and then stopped. That’s a balk. It’s not the hard to comprehend for someone with an IQ over 7.

isn’t picking your heel up first when stepping off a big no no. idk I always was taught to lift my whole foot

@@HipsterDoofus100 he barely flinched his leg and stepped off. Maybe you should look up the instance I’m referring to since this was so obvious

LACES OUT

@@PuckeredMeatball Uh wut? Nice Ace Ventura reference. Not sure how it applies here ... 🤨

bro just stop

@@nyazz22 Who are you talking to my guy?

@@0neFamily I think the LACES OUT refers to somebody still being salty about something years later... like Finkel in Ace Ventura. Sure, it's a bit of a reach as far as joke references go... but I think that's where they were going with it.

It’s almost like intentional controversy

​@@aariuswinsOr....you know....enforcing the rules. There's also that. SMH

​@@jamesmartin4518I hate the Astros but you can't tell me that a game should be decided on THAT! If I were the ump, rule or no rule, I'd have just ignored it. Would anyone else even have noticed? Probably not.

@@tonyp1376it can go both ways though. If it wasn’t called then the dodgers would be screaming that he balked, especially if they went on to lose by one run. For the umps sometimes it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Better to stick to the strict rule than not

@@jamesmartin4518well the rule is arbitrary and shit old man

How dare the MLB have rules?

@@schrockstar Was the intent of the stutter-step to intentionally deceive the runner or batter? If no, then it isn't a balk. And in this case it is quite obvious that it was not a balk.

​@@Dizzifying1imagine being so stuck on jomboys nuts you berate umpires for making the correct call

@@hankfairchild7951 The rule is pretty clear on the matter. Is it a judgement call on the umps side? Yes. Does he have full authority to make the call? Yes. All I'm saying here is that before the pitcher has even come set he can move his back leg slightly without it being an attempt to deceive the runners or batter. It's the front leg that's the important one when coming set.

@@hankfairchild7951 ah yes, so deceptive. honestly I can't believe we even allow the pitchers to blink or breathe, they might be _up to something..._

Nope. He balked. And I’m an Astros fan.

Call stands. They lost. Good for baseball.

@@Whatuptho_8 You are why people don't like you American sports fans as much as most of us don't like the English sports fans lmao

Good for Stanek getting a WS ring last year against all the adversity and shit talking that went on. I know people must’ve been pissed off 😂 You love to see it!

Yep. He can blow as many games as he wants to now. He’ll still have a ring.

It's a beautiful pitch, I especially like the ones that have a little run on them, not quite a sinker though, like a splinker if you will.

Because it’s very hard to command and is a worse version of a change up unless you have ridiculous control of it. A splitter is exclusively a swing and miss pitch, so it’s pretty useless unless you’re in a 1-2 or an 0-2 count. A change up can be thrown for a strike consistently and used to induce ground balls Also, it puts way more stress on your elbow from the grip. No 11-year-old should be throwing that, and you’re very lucky if you never got hurt

@@brendonbuffaloe8830 it definitely was not hard to command, and It was a swing & miss pitch at times, but I would give up a lot of weak ground balls that would lead to easy out, because the batter would top the ball. I never had issues with that pitch bothering my elbow, I threw the pitch over the top like my fastball, and didn't break my wrist like when you throw a slider or curve.

Very true…..this was a Rigged/Mob controlled type call

Kinda like holding in football

It did look like his body bent back before he stepped off but, I don't know what a balk really is....MLB needs a challenge for this call,too.

Don't know what it's like in USA (I'm assuming you're American) but in Australia there is actually a fair few homeless people who even have a job the housing crisis is so bad

@@XaviRonaldo0 I’m American and our society steps on people who don’t have support. It’s extremely sad. It’s the way it is unfortunately

Oh my god you’re right, looool

Coach was better 'it is bullshit" 😂

*coach voice* 😂

please dont assume genders

Men bring men

@@Adam-kr8wy he himself said it was a girl lmao

​@@kristopherwilson506....but. The "girl" in question is only a couple of weeks old..it doesn't know it's gender yet. 😊😊

Are you serious 🧐

looked like he was holding back from laughing

@@custombimmernot at all. bro was beet red, about to pass out. not even a grin

@@custombimmer He was trying to contain his excitement knowing that he would now be featured on Jomboy

​@@abelincoln549I'd be trying not to laugh too if I just ejected a giant man baby who's mad that I called him for breaking the rules. He definitely wasn't about to cry. Give me a break.

Offensive lineman.

The catcher is in no way an underrated position. Unless you mean by people who don't watch baseball.

I would NOT consider them underrated by any means!

What on earth.. it is widely considered one of, if not the most important positions in baseball

@@PK-ts8iz So..... I was trying to think of the name of the award for the best catcher.

That would be ridiculous. The entire point of the balk rule is to prevent an unfair advantage of the pitcher over the runners. That's the entire reasoning behind "intent to deceive" the runner.

@@Iceberg86300 No runners were deceived in the making of this balk

@@bachiggawagga4168yes they are. Most runners take an extra step on their lead when the pitcher starts coming set

@@Iceberg86300How do you determine intent? That’s always been the problem. I get this was a very minor infraction, but you have to call it anyway. I don’t think he was trying to deceive but how do the umpires know? They have a split second to make that call and based on the footage here, that call was correct.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ntV_aueeg2c.html Hopefully this will help you understand the actual kind of ways a balk occurs.

In one motion, instead of the flinch we see and then the step off. I don't agree with it, it's a silly rule but as Jimmy says it's a balk under the strictest interpretation of the rules

In this case, it was a flinch of the knee and THEN he lifted the leg (and foot) to step off.

@@philiplitvin3914 They just need to get rid of the balk. It is so dumb.

The knee was a motion toward home plate prior to stepping off. Aka start stop balk. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ntV_aueeg2c.html Hopefully this will help you understand the actual kind of ways a balk occurs.

The pitcher literally came set though… and then flinched his leg… and then stepped off.

@@skylerfelix7609 How am I supposed to believe you know the balk rules when you don't even know what coming set means? Literally.

@@Squawkies literally set....facts...straight lol

Mad respect for when and adult acts like a toddler? Yeeesh

@@schrockstar When bad umps put your job on the line you’ll maybe think differently

@@JHank-yb4jvit was a fair call, he’s just being emotional

@@axileus9327baseball fans say that’s a fair call and then wonder why more people don’t watch baseball

@@schrockstar Do you know many toddlers throwing 99?

And that sums up the pitch clock fiasco…

It rained throughout the north east that day. The mets game didnt start till 510. And that was scheduled for 1:35 i think

Except the ump was correct. His JOB is to call the game by the stated rules in order to make it fair for everyone, which he did. Just because someone either doesn't like the rule or doesn't know it doesn't mean the ump shouldn't call it.

@@stupidas9466 cool. I'm talking about the way he's standing though. I'm not sure why you said all of that?

Yeah, if you change anything after you take your initial stance on the mound, by either backing off or readjusting it's a balk.

I agree, look at the next pitch at 2:10. He begins his windup by flexing his right knee, exactly the same as the balk call. If I was on base that’s what I would be watching for.

Except he's not pitching out of the wind-up here. He's pitching out of the set.... its a terrible call there's no deception in the movement. Crazy that the only person arguing in favor of the umps is an Astros fan lol

Except he's not pitching out of the wind-up here. He's pitching out of the set.... its a terrible call there's no deception in the movement. Crazy that the only person arguing in favor of the umps is an Astros fan lol

@dleeliv it’s not a terrible call. Had this conversation with someone else too and I think the easiest way to explain it is this. Break up the knee bend from the step off as two different actions. His first action was the knee bend, his second action is the step off. Imagine then, if after his first action (the bend) he decided to come set (or perform any other action). The illusion is that the knee bend is an action to disengage the rubber which enables the pitcher more freedom (pitchers can even pick off from the rubber even if they aren’t set) so the motion of that knee bend is indicative that the pitcher is about to do something, only he doesn’t. It’s clear he tries to quickly cover it up by stepping off - in his defense that was his best option. It was unnatural move and is something he never does. Runners can see this as danger to them and is therefore deception. Any movement from Stanek that isn’t coming set means there could be a timing play on them. It’s the right call, it’s just not the most egregious example of a balk. It’s a shame, but not an ump show call.

Don’t like it? then major-league baseball should change the Balk rules….

He double clutched. It’s a balk every time. Just because he was angry doesn’t mean he was in the right.

Well. It didn’t. Astros still had an opportunity to score runs in the 9th and came up empty.

You can also tell he has no emotional IQ

@@schrockstar Lacking emotional intelligence would mean reacting impulsively without thinking immediately, he showed restraint, dialed back in, finished the inning (at the position where your mind needs to be the most free), did his job, then let the ump have it. Relief pitchers dont have long careers, the last thing you need are things like this affecting your numbers and in turn your money. Nice try though

Bahahaha 😂😂😂 Great comparison!! Lmao

As an Astros fan, this is absolutely, 100% the correct take. It's a balk. It shouldn't be, but it is. You can argue that in that moment in a tie game with a runner on 3rd it's the wrong call from a "spirit of the game" application, but it is a balk.

Honestly should've been tossed when he went HAM after the inning was over. Think about what we'd say if an ump continued to yell at a player after the fact.

@@Flashfm3000 Jomboy didn't show it, but he was tossed when he went nuts after the inning was over.

@@TonyCrenshawsLatte Thanks for the extra info on how it went down. Yeah, he probably deserved that.... but the fire that he showed is why Stanek is a winner. Umpire had the right to throw him out though. Even though he was walking to the dugout, he was still showing up the ump a little too much.

I'm also a stros fan and I love Jomboy. When he does a breakdown there is no bias towards any teams, it's just him providing comedy to what happend.

He bent his knee to lift his foot in order to step off. Explain how you step off with a peg leg and no knee bend. It's ludicrous. Every step off starts with a knee bend.

@@McScott76 watch the next pitch though. You can see his knee do the same bend right before he pitches the ball. Thats why they had to call a balk.

In the rulebook there's actually 15 different ways you can commit a balk IIRC.

They need to get rid of it.

The balk keeps baseball honest, the alternative is incentivizing pitchers to get better at faking out runners and batters rather than pitching the ball. There are lots of ways to fake people out, the balk rule is there to catch all of them

@@ausiidnd Unless you're a lefty.

@@ausiidnd Then they should fix it so it is less stupid.

Also, last night in the angels/Yankees game, they pulled up a player from the minors with 2 outs in the 10th and he got a walk off single. Might not seem like much, but a heartwarming story