At Bob's game. Haven't seen a pitch of the Cardinals game.

We're having a Phil Cuzzi moment in 13U baseball. Other team just changed pitchers. The new pitcher still had his batting glove in his back pocket. Kid's first pitch, the home plate umpire calls a balk because the kid had the batting glove hanging out of his pocket. Pitcher takes the glove out of his pocket, runs it to the dugout and delivers his next pitch. Ump calls him for a 2nd balk because his back pocket was hanging out of his pants. 

Kid threw 8 warmup pitches with that glove in his pocket. You know the ump saw it during warm ups and just couldn't wait to make that call.  What a dick. 

Last edited by forsberg_us (6/19/2013 8:47 pm)

forsberg_us wrote:

We're having a Phil Cuzzi moment in 13U baseball. Other team just changed pitchers. The new pitcher still had his batting glove in his back pocket. Kid's first pitch, the home plate umpire calls a balk because the kid had the batting glove hanging out of his pocket. Pitcher takes the glove out of his pocket, runs it to the dugout and delivers his next pitch. Ump calls him for a 2nd balk because his back pocket was hanging out of his pants. 

Kid threw 8 warmup pitches with that glove in his pocket. You know the ump saw it during warm ups and just couldn't wait to make that call.  What a dick. 

Is that even a balk?
99.9 percent of the umpires on the planet tell the kid to tuck in the batting glove or give it to his coach. 
 

Westbrook's start is very positive.  

That looked easy.  

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

We're having a Phil Cuzzi moment in 13U baseball. Other team just changed pitchers. The new pitcher still had his batting glove in his back pocket. Kid's first pitch, the home plate umpire calls a balk because the kid had the batting glove hanging out of his pocket. Pitcher takes the glove out of his pocket, runs it to the dugout and delivers his next pitch. Ump calls him for a 2nd balk because his back pocket was hanging out of his pants. 

Kid threw 8 warmup pitches with that glove in his pocket. You know the ump saw it during warm ups and just couldn't wait to make that call.  What a dick. 

Is that even a balk?
99.9 percent of the umpires on the planet tell the kid to tuck in the batting glove or give it to his coach. 
 

I have no idea if it's a balk or not, but you have to be a giant ass to call it on a 13 year old kid without warning him. 

Set aside the age of the player for a minute. There's a section of the rule book devoted to what is or isn't a balk, but I always thought it was succinctly defined as an attempt to deceive a runner. I'm not sure a batting glove flapping out of a player's pocket is the baseball equivalent of 3-Card Monte.
Now bring back the notion there are kids involved, and to make a call like that, then AP is right. The umpire must be under the impression people showed up to watch him act like an smart ass.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

APIAD wrote:

So the cubs owe jackson 41 million dollars.....ouch

Really??? I thought he was working on another 1-year deal. I've been mostly watching hockey, but Jackson didn't pitch badly. The home run Yadi hit was on a pretty good pitch down and in.
 

nope a 4 year deal at 11 million each year through 2016 with a 8 million dollar signing bonus
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

APIAD wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Really??? I thought he was working on another 1-year deal. I've been mostly watching hockey, but Jackson didn't pitch badly. The home run Yadi hit was on a pretty good pitch down and in.
 

nope a 4 year deal at 11 million each year through 2016 with a 8 million dollar signing bonus
 

Then I have no idea what Young Theo is doing. I'm not sure he does either.
 

AP's shortchanging Theo on the math.  The signing bonus is already paid.  The Cubs only owe Edwin Jackson $33M after this year.  Theo's a genius. 

All kidding aside, I wonder if Theo thinks he can move Jackson at some point for prospects.  Probably not this year, but maybe 2014 or 2015.

APIAD wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Then I have no idea what Young Theo is doing. I'm not sure he does either.
 

AP's shortchanging Theo on the math.  The signing bonus is already paid.  The Cubs only owe Edwin Jackson $33M after this year.  Theo's a genius. 

All kidding aside, I wonder if Theo thinks he can move Jackson at some point for prospects.  Probably not this year, but maybe 2014 or 2015.

That is alot to pay for prospects but it makes the signing bonus understandable...lol. maybe theo figures he is going to have to eat part of the contract So he might as well do it on the front end.  That is how smart theo is. He knew it was a bad contract the day he signed it.  
 

I still say Theo's genius is the biggest baseball myth since Sidd Finch.

artie_fufkin wrote:

APIAD wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

AP's shortchanging Theo on the math.  The signing bonus is already paid.  The Cubs only owe Edwin Jackson $33M after this year.  Theo's a genius. 

All kidding aside, I wonder if Theo thinks he can move Jackson at some point for prospects.  Probably not this year, but maybe 2014 or 2015.

That is alot to pay for prospects but it makes the signing bonus understandable...lol. maybe theo figures he is going to have to eat part of the contract So he might as well do it on the front end.  That is how smart theo is. He knew it was a bad contract the day he signed it.  
 

I still say Theo's genius is the biggest baseball myth since Sidd Finch.

Well i was being sarcastic.  If you know a comtract is bad when u make it, why make it.