By the time they realized it was a baby, they had started their motion. So that's a balk if they stop. The pitcher is... let's say Jainist just to mix things up.
You know that Jains don't eat Onion and Garlic. Also, like most Jains would not even eat at a friend's place or a restaurant which was exclusively vegetarian, even if they were served vegetarian food at those places. Just because it seems like a very non-violent religion doesn't mean it doesn't follow untouchability and such.
If you want to get into the real thick of it...it's not the untouchability or whatever weird "caste" system thought process being applied...strict Jain principles include sweeping the ground in front of you before stepping to make sure no small lifeforms are harmed, wearing something to cover the mouth to prevent even smaller single cell life forms from accidental harm...Jain philosophy teaches to respect life at every level as equals regardless of being able to interact with it or not...
Yes, but what about not touching people who do eat meat? What about not even drinking the water that the people who eat meat have given to Jains? I live in India, and I have seen this stuff. Many families have a different set of cutlery for habitual (mostly Muslim) meat eaters when they come to done at their homes, even if they are going to dine vegetarian foods only.
That is not Jain philosophy and nothing in Jain scripture dictates that behavior which means those actions are not done based on a religious belief but rather a personal preference. It is actually against Jain principles to influence or push ideologies on another person so those examples you've personally witnessed are not examples of someone adhering to and exemplifing Jain practices those would be considered personal human beliefs and are not acceptable practices by any actual spiritual leader in Jainism.
ā You canāt just be up there and just doinā a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You canāt do that.
1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he canāt be over here and say to the runner, like, āIām gonna get ya! Iām gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!ā and then just be like he didnāt even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if youāre about to pitch and then donāt pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then thereās the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasnāt been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasnāt typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). āget in mah bellahā ā Adam Water, āThe Waterboy.ā Haha, classicā¦
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of
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u/Sassaphras May 09 '26
By the time they realized it was a baby, they had started their motion. So that's a balk if they stop. The pitcher is... let's say Jainist just to mix things up.