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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by ozzy6900
You are leaving out a very important detail here Gre144 and that is was the pitcher on the rubber?
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He's also leaving out whether the pitcher was in the set (and if in the set was he "looking in" or did he come set) or the windup, and with which foot he stepped.
See, as I read it (pictured in in my mind's eye), F1 was in the windup and stepped with his free foot. That makes the "throw" a legal (if unorthodox) pitch -- legal plays in both situations.
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That's the way I read it too, but going back he mentioned preliminary motions and not coming to a complete stop. I'll assume he means the set position.
Assuming the set position: I wouldn't let him throw to the plate without properly disengaging the mound by stepping backward with the pivot foot. Otherwise it is a pitch and it would be a balk.
Windup position, F1 can step and throw home and it would be a legal pitch if he didn't disengage.