Firebrand Amir Garrett thought he had struck out the side (Top 9) but gets called for a balk, then he actually strikes out the side, then gets ejected.

If you described this series of events without naming the player involved, my first guess would have been Amir Garrett.

Especially if you added "in a game his team was losing"

He’s like that

I would have guessed Madison Bumgarner.

Dude walks into a room & picks a fight w/ oxygen

Yeah because Nestor can mock the calls of the umpires regarding balks and gets no punishment

You know what..normally I’m not about this kind of thing in sports but I look forward to an Amit Garrett post because I know it’s going to be entertaining.

honestly you didnt have to mention it was amir garret since hes the only person id guess would do this

Why? I don't know much about him

Every time I think I have a handle on what a balk is...

A balk is when you

Didn't come set. You have to come set and pause for a moment before starting delivery.

This is an easy one to call. He never stopped, rolled through. This is the main balk you see at the youth level.

This is a balk that should be called all the time. He lifts his knee, brings it back down and then goes right into his motion. Never came to a full stop.

If only Javy Baez had been there to see this

God I love that they’re in the same division still it’s almost meant to be.

You know, I had no idea Amir was on the Royals and I find it perfect they are both in the same division again.

Or the pirates

I was so fucking hype when we signed him and it hasn’t disappointed in the slightest lmao

This dude is a wild ride when he’s not being a complete douche. I’ll never forget when he fought an entire team.

Sign him, we practically gift wrapped him for you.

Yeah he really is something.... 😥

lmao love him so much "fuck you I didn't balk, no one even knows what a balk is, throw me out my day's over anyway"

More relievers should get thrown out for shits and giggles after their inning is over.

Amir Garrett 🤝 Madison Bumgarner

Dude, you can’t just be balking out there.

I’m very confused as to how this is a balk.

Allow me to explain:

Didn’t come to a complete stop when he set, at least to me.

Because Umpire is Baseball and needs you to remember that.

When you’re pitching out of the stretch, you have to come set for at least a full second. This was kinda ticky tack but I can see why it was called.

nah for once this is actually a balk

Think about it as if you were a runner on base. You base your timing off of the pitcher's motion. When the pitcher "comes set" you know that the pitcher is starting their motion. Amir didn't ever "come set", instead he just made one fluid motion from when he received the sign for the pitch to when he threw the ball. Can't do that.

Yeah I tried to find it and this one is pretty bullshit. My only guess they could possibly try to say is didn’t come set

he never stopped and came set. He just rolled on through the motion and pitched.

He lifts his knee, brings it back down and immediately goes into his motion. You have to come to a complete stop that is noticable. In my opinion, that front leg never stops moving. Of course, you could call 5 balks a game for this as it's probably not in the "egregious" category.

We had to hear the guitar riff twice

That riff always makes me happy, means some Chicago sport is on

Do not do a balk

please

Lmao absolutely the person I would expect this from.

he is a hot head on the field but is one of the nicest to fans you'll meet. always hooked it up for my little bro when he was a red.

"I'll fuckin do it again." Amir Garrett probably after striking out the side and then getting called for a balk

Those jerseys are sick

They're so good. I love them.

Is this city connect? They nailed it! KC has a ton of fountains and a lot of the city's iconography is built around that concept, so it looks like they had some inspiration from that here. Plus the dark blue color looks great for the team.

I really think either they or the Astros have the best City Connect jerseys. Cubs are nice too with the navy/powder blue. Honestly they all look sick when you break them down

Just got a City Connect tshirt on Tuesday. They are indeed sick.

It's nice to know he's an asshole to both Chicago teams instead of just thr Cubs.

Just ask Javy, oh boy!

He's like that, and I miss him and his personality. Fighting the entire pirates team has earned him an infinite amount of respect in my book

Reds should trade for him

It's 1 of the pictures I have on the background of my watch. Some nice pictures of me and my gf, our dogs and AG punching people

I love this guy

Ah, the full Amir Garrett experience we Reds fans know so well...

I wish so bad he played for Phillies this year. He’s just got a Phillies vibe

Because he wants to fight everybody?

He definitely doesn't take any shit. I'd take him, our bullpen can use anything at this point.

Why did he get thrown out for that?

amir garrett tries not to get ejected challenge impossible

He took getting ejected pretty well.

Doesn't firebrand mean he's a preacher?

No

Idk if that was actually a balk. No one does. But why did he get ejected? I feel like I missed something.

he said mean thing

Umpires fucking suck bangs gavel

Dude I fucking love Amir Garrett. Those umps full of shit but I guess it gave us this lol.

Why was he ejected?

KC uniforms 🔥🔥

Do not do a balk please.

Can’t wait for Jomboys breakdown

St John’s basketball legend Amit Garrett right there

I love how Harrison’s all like “yep! Saw that shit with my own eyes! That was a balk! Cause I know a balk when I see one!”

I mean yea it’s a balk. Meanwhile Clevinger out there fucking tap dancing and umps let him do it. It’s one thing if it’s a normal part of your pitch but he doesn’t even do the same number of foot taps. It’s ridiculous.

The stretch and the windup are two different things.

Straight up one of my favorite players in the league.

I watched this live, and it seems like all the clips I'm seeing are editing out the actual balk, including this one. Watch the whole sequence, he gets the sign, appears to come set, and then he moves his hands again and comes set again. It's not that he didn't come set, it's that he came set twice. Seemed obvious to me, didn't understand why no one pointed it out on the broadcast.

based on the way he's moving in the clip here i really doubt there was a double set because otherwise it would be an incredibly obvious balk that would have been called before the pitch

here is the clip, I don't know that he comes set twice, but he seems to stop longer on his pause before coming set than the pause of actually being set. Dude rolls right through. Easy balk.

I look forward to Jomboy telling me wtf just happened.

He didn’t pause when he came set

but it doesn't look like he comes set (responding to the announcer)

Eh, it's like a rolling stop. You gotta give it a pause or you're gonna get called.

I miss professional asshole Amir Garrett in the NL Central.

It’s not striking out the side if you give up a hit btw. That expression means striking out all 3 batters you face

That would be striking out the side in order. If you get 3 strikeouts in an inning it's called striking out the side even if you give up 15 homers in between.

I’ve always heard strike outs for all three outs in an inning is striking out the side regardless of anything else that happens in the inning. I’ve also heard the separate striking out the side in order and the even stricter immaculate inning.

As someone who doesn’t watch much baseball, this call and ensuing defense of call is exactly why I don’t watch much baseball.

Without the balk rule pitchers could trick runners on base

100% a balk though

i don’t miss him

Just the umps being terrible as usual.

Hot

Amir Garrett is him

I just wanna see amir Garrett pitch to puig one day.

Blue wanted to be on Jomboy.

The umpires are in danger of ruining mlb. The difference in the strike zones between umpires is my biggest gripe. I’m surprised we don’t see more pitchers complaining. It was the perfect time for Garett to show his frustration. We need more players on the Royals showing some passion.

Amir was ready for his cool-down round of disc golf

Hold on HOLD ON

In his defense, what the fuck did he even do?

AG is right to be mad. is it a balk by the strictest definition of the rules? yes. does that same sequence happen for almost every other pitcher who has a runner on? also yes

He’s played in the NL his whole career, so I don’t know if this pitching style is new for him or not. But against the rangers earlier this season he was doing that thing where he never brings the ball in the glove and just starts his windup. I’m not sure how he’s not called for a balk every time he does it

I know the memes and all, but I’ve officially given to trying to understand the balk rule. I’ve accepted that I’m just not genius enough to be an MLB ump and see what they see

Im surprised he didn't get in a brawl afterwards. Back when he was with Cincinnati Amir brawled the pirates, than brawled with the cubs...than whoever. Guy was always clearing the benches

Not sure why I'm just noticing now but I love those KC unis.

As a reds fan, Amir has a very elevated opinion of his capabilities regardless of his statistics and results. The balk was bullshit but he has one of the worst attitudes in the game and his inability to just brush things off is seriously his worst flaw.

Is this the MLB pitching version of a Gordie Howe hat trick?

I'll always be an Amir Garrett fan. Dude was an incredible high school basketball player.

Baseball umpires can be the dumbest umpires/refs in all of sports

It was the top of the 9th.. they weren’t coming back on the field anyway.. that was just a petty ejection on the umpires part

fucking rtidiculous get better ump[s MLB

So the ump tosses him for getting mouthy?!

Yup that's a balk, less than a quarter of a second between his pause and windup

The video doesn't show what happened at all.

Even the Chicago broadcast didn't think this was a balk... I agree with them.

I love Garrett.

I played competitive baseball most my young and young adult life. I’ve been out of the game longer than I played.

Is there a rule for how long at a minimum a pitcher has to be set before delivery? Cause it looks like he is set, although very brief.

No comment on the situation except that those are some badass uniforms the Royals have.

Where's the jomboy breakdown

Man those connect KC jerseys look so damn good.

BDL

I want him on my team so much

Solid move

He’s not wrong. That wasn’t a balk… unless we want a balk to be called on every pitch thrown ever.

before you read my question, please know that I'm a dumb-dumb

This guy is a disgrace of a baseball player

I'm in the league only because I am a lefty that can strike people out and sometimes be effective. I am also a cancer when it comes to overall chemistry.

Why is kc wearing those horrible uniforms

I feel like umps just call bulks to fuck with people...

Amir Garrett is and always will be a jackass

New Balk Rules

Umps have to be the most useless part of any sport