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As I was looking at the Fed book this evening I was reminded of a discussion quite a while ago about the illegal pitch diagram on page 48 (2004 edition). Each diagram of a legal pitch shows the pivot foot with it's heel on the front of the plate. Legal of course. But what happens when the natural forward rock happens and you have a pivot foot pushing off a good 2-3 inches in front of the plate? I'm thinking illegal because of 6-1-2c ("pushing off with the pivot foot from any place other than the pitcher's plate is illegal"). But why would the Fed diagram show a picture that would inevitably result in an illegal pitch?
I believe we discussed this in the past, but I'm curious what your opinions are now. We're supposed to crack down on illegal pitches this year in my organization.
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