Reply to "Clarification or Interpretation on Balk"

bluezebra100+ posts

quote:
Originally posted by grateful:
I don't know for certain, but doesn't the pitcher have to release his pivot foot from the rubber in order to make a legal move to first base?

If an umpire were to allow a pitcher to do this then I would give a steal sign on every pitch. If the pitcher does as you say (picks his left foot up as if pitching to home) then there is no way he is going to get the ball to first base in time for the 1Bman to get the runner out at 2nd.

I believe it has to be called a balk. I would get thrown out of a game before I would allow an umpire to let that move go without calling a balk.

Prepare to spend a lot of time on the school bus, or the locker room. FED: 6.1.3..Turn or jump step is legal. F1 does not have to disengage (legally) from pitcher's plate before throwing to a base.

4/28/0411:45 PM

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