VIDEO: Justin Verlander commits the best balk you will ever see

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Justin Verlander balk 309x144 VIDEO: Justin Verlander commits the best balk you will ever see

There are a few things you need to know about Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander to fully understand this clip. As a right-hander, he has an incredible move to first base and often catches runners’ napping. Secondly, his games tend to go by very fast because he rarely waits more than a few seconds between pitches.

Both those are contributing factors to what I’m calling, “the balk of the century”. Watch as Verlander steps off the mound but then inexplicably throws towards home plate and almost drills the A’s David DeJesus.

Here’s Justin’s explanation as to what happened:

“I went to go pick one and I didn’t get my body turned,” Verlander said. “The way I thought — and this was all in milliseconds — if I just throw it home, they won’t call anything.

In other words–he had a massive brain fart, panicked, and just threw the ball at home hoping no one would notice. Well done Justin, well done.

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