Thread: Legal Pick-off
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Old Sat May 01, 2004, 12:49am
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Originally posted by CDcoach
Some thing mentioned by a buddy of mine the other day.

He said he was watching a summer ball game where a RHP with R2 set up in the stretch only reversed. So he was now set like a LHP. Then he steps directly with what is now his pivot foot towards second base and gets a successful pick-off. No one said a word.

Legal?
Rule reference?
BALK. The pitcher's pivot foot is the foot in contact with the rubber when a pitch is delivered (2.00 Pivot Foot). Then look at the definition of the set position, in 8.01.

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