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  1. Is illegal for him to return to his set. If that happens, he is charged with a, balk , and any base runners are allowed to advance a base. A baserunner's
  2. Empire. The Latin noun limes had a number of different meanings: a path or, balk ,delimiting fields, a boundary line or marker, any road or path, any channel
  3. Here because of the lack of declension types. Some examples: Rastas 2 –, balk , timber; basis 4 – goose; ASA 4 – handle; Kansas 3 – hassock. The four
  4. Loaded)," walk-off wild pitch "," walk-off reach-on-error ", and " walk-off, balk ," have been also applied, and the latter has been dubbed a" balk -off "; though
  5. Pitcher still has to be careful that he doesn't allow runners to advance via a, balk ,or a wild pitch. In addition, the batter can choose to swing at an intentional
  6. A get method on the object when the ZIP file is not open, the object would ", balk ," at the request. In the Java programming language, for example, an
  7. Setting up the easy out. However, the hidden ball trick is illegal (and a, balk ,is called) if the pitcher is standing on or astride the pitcher's rubber.
  8. Their interests. They prize autonomy in themselves and others. They generally, balk ,at attempts by others to convince them to change. Furthermore, they also tend to be
  9. Songrwriting, good horn lines and fierce bass lines ... When the band would, balk ,at recording a new artist with an unorthodox style, Mr. Dodd would tell them to
  10. Fundamentally empty appearance. Essentially, ( although Baudrillard himself may, balk ,at the use of this word) fulfillment or happiness is found through simulation
  11. Of agreement on who qualified as a Jew or Aryan, which caused legislators to, balk ,at an anti-Semitic law for its ill-defined terms. Masculine were especially
  12. As Liberal leader in December 1972) sought to use control of the Senate to, balk ,Whitley. It did not seek to block all government legislation; the Coalition
  13. Ending with the other two. The quadrants are slightly offset, so that the outer, balk ,of one is continuous (in reverse) with the outer face of its opposite, going
  14. 3-foot) boulders or 3/4-meter-tall (2-foot) brush may cause a dog to, balk ,or halt entirely. Such balk ing may be especially pronounced when one or more of
  15. The catcher's box is that when a batter is being walked intentionally, it is a, balk ,if the catcher steps outside the catcher's box before the pitcher releases the
  16. Up during a broadcast, McCarver misstated a rule. After a St. Louis Cardinals, balk ,in Game 4 of the 2006 LCS, McCarver explained," You have to have 'one
  17. Of the stratigraphy of the site. The merits of this sectioning and, balk ,creation are disputed. 7 Television Commercials is a collection of music videos
  18. 1987 London production. " I was reluctantly happy to comply, my only serious, balk ,being at his request that I cut" The Road You Didn't Take" ... I saw no
  19. A putout, a force out, a fielder's choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch, or a, balk , " There were noted exceptions, such as denying a stolen base to an otherwise
  20. Much of Graceland in her own style. Even Presley himself was said to ", balk ,at the extent of her red fur and leopard skin look. " As his fame grew
  21. At times, they do take well to training if positive methods are used, but will, balk ,at punitive training methods. They are generally quiet, but will alarm bark if
  22. Out of an empty torpedo tube, faking their own destruction. The younger men, balk ,at using their crewman's body this way, but Tyler states that Mazola is
  23. The dugout to talk to umpire Bill McGowan about the pitch, claiming it was a, balk , but McGowan let it stand as a strike. Paige then got Al Marilla to fly out to
  24. Stu Miller was blown off balance by a gust of wind and was charged with a, balk , Two years later, wind picked up the entire batting cage and dropped it 60 feet
  25. Umpire orders a player or any other person removed from the playing field. ** A, balk ,or obstruction is committed, and immediate ensuing play ends ** The catcher
  26. A few inches from the corners, the entire table is divided into rectangular, balk ,spaces, by drawing balk lines a certain distance lengthwise and widthwise across
  27. The Boston Braves, giving up a sacrifice fly to Warren Spahn, got called for a, balk ,and struck out Tommy Holmes. The Indians ended up winning the series in six
  28. Any successful steal on a play resulting in a wild pitch, passed ball, or, balk , would no longer be credited as a steal, even if the runner had started to steal
  29. That I am prepared to kill for. " In applying these principles, Gandhi did not, balk ,from taking them to their most logical extremes in envisioning a world where
  30. The fan in the ballparks. He also decided to make umpires strictly enforce the, balk ,rule and supported" social justice" as the only remedy for the lack of
  31. Year by Tempo. Balcony (from, scaffold; cf. Old High German batch, beam, balk , ; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه Balkan or its older variant
  32. Did not cross the rubber, and he could throw to first base without incurring a, balk ,). Key tended to give up more than his share of home runs even while holding
  33. From straight rail, the champion's game simply expanded the dimensions of the, balk ,space defined under the existing crotch prohibition which was not sufficient to
  34. Rings (also called blocker rings or bulk rings, with the latter being spelled, balk ,in the U. S.). The synchro ring rotates slightly due to the frictional torque
  35. His hands on the balk of wood across the doorway, and vaulted out over the, balk ,and the ring of men, so that he came down ever so far off all of them, and was
  36. Engages all of Gardner's original seven intelligences. Gardner writes" I, balk ,at the unwarranted assumption that certain human abilities can be arbitrarily
  37. That the British model was better adapted than the French one, and did not, balk ,before the cruelties of General Bugeaud's conquest. He went as far as
  38. A microphone for a documentary on the daily life of an MLB umpire, called a, balk ,on Oriole pitcher Mike Flanagan. Weaver charged out of the dugout and began
  39. Base on balls by instituting a penalty that an intentional ball be counted as a, balk ,(which would award each runner the next base). Veteran NL umpire Hank O'Day
  40. Introduces the idea that he should go to public school. His parents initially, balk ,at the idea of their son going there because he could be emotionally hurt. When
  41. His unbending application of the rules and noting his campaign to enforce the, balk ,rule two seasons earlier, when he said," Give me 10 high school pitchers, let
  42. The pitcher to deceive a runner, among other pitching violations, is called a, balk , allowing all runners to advance one base without risk of being put out.
  43. To stretch out his hand toward the deacon. But that man rested his hands on the, balk ,of wood across the doorway, and vaulted out over the balk and the ring of men
  44. The abbot then is seduced. The monk, who hid watching all of this, uses it to, balk ,prosecution. The monk and the abbot quickly rush the woman out of the monastery
  45. Song (" Run, Freedom,Run! "). Invigorated, the poor rally around Bobby, but, balk , at his statement that the violent fight could take decades. Just then
  46. Stu Miller to slip off the pitching rubber during his delivery, resulting in a, balk ,(and a baseball legend that Miller was" blown off the mound" ). There were
  47. During his or her hurdle to ask for a change of dive, it will be declared a, balk ,and the change of dive will not be permitted. Under FINA law, no dive may be
  48. Hesitation Pitch definitely illegal and if thrown again, it would result in a, balk , Paige said,“ I guess Mr. Marriage did not want me to show up those boys who
  49. Are still available in the United States. Reactions Some directors still, balk ,at the use of" pan and scan" versions of their movies because they feel it
  50. Let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers who won't, balk , It's not that difficult. So they better learn it. " Harvey's goal of

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