Back before PitchCom became a popular resource for pitchers and catchers to call pitches, you'd see relief pitchers intentionally commit balks to move a base runner off of second base. It was all about preventing sign stealing.
Well, Kenley Jansen tried to keep that strategy alive on Saturday — even if Shohei Ohtani basically said, "Nah, I'm good here."
With the Angels up two runs on the Dodgers in the ninth inning and Mookie Betts stepping to the plate with Ohtani on second, Jansen intentionally committed a balk to move Ohtani to third. But Jansen was almost confused as to why Ohtani and the umpires ignored the blatant balk initially.