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LHP - balk or not

L 2014_Lefty_Dad100+ posts
LHP comes set, on the rubber, with a runner on 1b. Steps with his pivot foot (left foot) toward first but does not throw the ball.

I know it would be if he had stepped with his right foot, much like a RHP does for a fake to 3b.

What has gotten me is whether stepping with the pivot foot, toward 1b, constitutes as disengaging from the rubber, thereby allowing the pitcher to fake the throw.

Thanks for any insight.
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F 3FingeredGlove1,000+ posts
He must step or do a jump turn. From 6-1-3:
During these preliminary motions and during the set position until a delivery motion occurs, the pitcher may turn on his pivot foot or lift it in a jump turn to step with the non-pivot foot toward a base while throwing or feinting as outlined in 6-2-4 and 2-28-5, or he may lift his pivot foot in a step backward off the pitcher’s plate which must be in or partially within the 24-inch length of the pitcher’s plate.
CC Coach Curt100+ posts
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Originally posted by Jimmy03:
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Originally posted by Coach Curt:
After coming to the set position can he throw to fisrt without moving either foot?


No.

He can move his free foot gaining distance and directions towards first, or he can move his pivot foot off the back of the rubber, legally disengaging.

Can he throw to first without moving his feet, while his hands are coming together to the set position but before they have come to a stop?

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