re how to speed up games marginally realistic in article pn ll mit edu ejb ll mit edu ed baranoski writes in article apr vfl paramax com davidm gvls vfl paramax com david madden writes another pair of suggestions remove the balk rule it is the runners responsibility to stay safe no matter what the pitcher does quite honestly this one is ridiculous consider the following scenario runner on third as the pitcher starts to throw home the runner takes off for home and the batter squares around to bunt for the suicide squeeze the pitcher seeing this does not throw home but stops in mid action and puts the runner in a run down it is the balk rule that prevents this from happening believe it or not this actually happened to me once in an oba ontario baseball association game in milton ontario i was the batter and to my amazement the umpire missed it in the years that i played ball this was worst piece of umpiring i ever saw pablo iglesias pi ruth ece jhu edu
