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Old Sat May 22, 2004, 01:27pm
GarthB GarthB is offline
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Originally posted by mick

It is a balk if a pitcher steps (ie, steps and throws, or steps and feints a throw, or steps only) to an unoccupied base unless a runner is advancing toward and trying to acquire such base.

What was the free foot doing? Still planted or was direction and distance being applied?

mick
Since he turned towards second and feinted, which was the last legally occupied base of the runner at the time, why does this matter?

[Edited by GarthB on May 22nd, 2004 at 02:38 PM]
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