david cone, balk much?

[sdajr76]

so far he has 11 in 18 starts. seems a little high to me.

-steven

[honestiago1]

He's nervous :)

[scorehouse]

one more damn thing to worry about! :shock: :roll:

[rburgh]

His S/R card has a BK-17 rating. That's gruesome. It means he is going to balk on about 1 in 25 runners who attempt to get a lead to steal.

This means that he'll have about one balk for every 4 or 5 actual SB attempts, which is a whole bunch. And, of course, since the site is out to get you, it is giving him more balks than normal. :P

[danielz]

My feeling is that the game system makes Balks, wild Pitches and passed balls to common.
I had a season where Mauer was getting a passed ball ever 3 games.

[RangerJoe]

Regarding Cone's high rating, 1988 was the "year of the balk." Umpires were instructed to strictly enforce the rule that year, and the league-wide record for balks was broken by the sixth week of the season. Teddy Higuera from the same year is a BK 11, John Franco is a 9, and Dave Stewart a 17.

[url]http://reconditebaseball.blogspot.com/2008/08/balks-story-of-1988-major-league.html[/url]

[sdajr76]

23 in 35 games so far.

-steven