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Originally posted by woolnojg
OK, OK.
Your example ahs him imitating a pitcher, which causes the balk.
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Apparently you neither read my post fully or the rule. He is not "imitating" a pitcher. By the rule he IS the pitcher, even off the rubber, and he is doing something against the balk rules.
My point: You have to be careful about making a universal statement that a pitcher is a fielder when he is off the rubber. Sometimes he is treated LIKE a fielder...for base awards, for example. There are other rules under section 8.05 that allow him to behave similarly to a fielder if he properly disengages, but still, by rule, he is referred to as a pitcher.