Red Sox pitcher Payton Tolle gave an absolutely hilarious explanation for mid-windup balk

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Red Sox pitcher and Nick Offerman lookalike Payton Tolle has been one of the few bright spots for Boston this season. And even when the rookie makes a mistake on the mound, he turns it into an absolute delight.

Tolle pitched six scoreless innings in the Red Sox's 8-1 win over the Orioles on Wednesday. But Tolle did have a moment where he briefly forgot how to baseball.

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With Coby Mayo on first base in the sixth inning, Tolle opted to pitch to Tyler O'Neill from the windup rather than the stretch despite that base runner. Mayo smartly took off to second once Tolle started the windup, and that movement was enough to distract the lefty mid-delivery.

Tolle stopped as if he was going to attempt a pickoff (which he couldn't at that point) and then lobbed a pitch over Mickey Gasper's head.

Mayo wanted to take third base, but the balk had the play ruled dead. The umpires convened and had Mayo return to second base.

After the game, Tolle was asked about the balk. And let me tell ya — his answer did not disappoint.

"There's no brain ... there!"

Tolle was like everyone else who wasn't sure exactly what happened there. He said, laughing:

"I wish I could tell ya! There's no brain ... there. Just we're in a groove with the windup. Let's go back to it, ya know. I haven't had a balk this year, so I thought this is a perfect time for it. I was in disbelief at myself. Creates good TV, I guess. I don't know."

Just amazing. Honestly, a press conference answer doesn't get much better than that. And for what it's worth, Mayo ended up getting stranded on second.

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