Balk of the Year
Hard to argue with one Mr. Aron Bender’s bestowing of the title “Balk of the Year” on this little gem:
That’s Mike Pelfrey pitching for the Mets in Saturday’s game against the Phillies, with Dom Brown batting. The balk moved runners to second and third, but luckily for Pelfrey, he got Brown to ground out to end the inning. If Brown singles in one or two runs there, I’m sure Pelfrey hears about it the next day from Mike Francesa. Instead, it’s just a harmless (albeit hilarious) balk.
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Pretty good — I thought we had already seen the balk of the year with Verlander. Maybe this is the Year of the Balk.