LOS ANGELES - Joe Maddon didn't even let a reporter finish his question before making his point known.
When a reporter built up to a question by saying Dodgers rookie starter Julio Urias' pickoff move to first base was close to a balk, Maddon interjected:
"Close?" he asked.
The reporter finished his question and Maddon delivered his message to the baseball world.
"When you get to see it on TV, it's pretty obvious. It's not even close," Maddon said. "It's a very basic tenet regarding what is and what is not a balk.
"Give him credit, man, for going through with it.