Thread: A southpaw balk
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Old Sat Jul 10, 2004, 10:03am
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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by zebracz

I knew that lefties can step towards first and not throw just like a righty can to 3rd or 2nd. A lefty has the same restriction to 3rd as a righty does to 1st, right? (I mean assuming a runner is on 1st for a lefty and/or a runner is on 3rd for a righty.) They have to throw. Whatchya'll think?
I think the rules do not change merely because the pitcher is facing another direction, and that "a feint to first without throwing" remains "a feint to first without throwing".
mick
Mick thinks it, I knows it. Just as he said, "the rules do not change merely because the pitcher is facing another direction, and that "a feint to first without throwing" remains "a feint to first without throwing"."

Your partner was correct.
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