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Tony,
You're dizzy because you haven't taken a literary breath in your last two posts.
Without going to deep:
The original question and David's answer are both based on OBR and OBR only.
We know that Brad Rumble, under his own hand, added additional penalties into FEDlandia rules.
We know that the "start and stop" wind-up with no one on base and the failure of a pitcher to come set while using the set position with no one on base were both deemed "balks" by Rumble in the early 80's.
We are trying to deal with a changing landscape of MLB rules (more accurately 'rulings') that we see every day.
We have seen the Emmel obstruction call in the Mariner game, we have seen this call by Joe West and we have seen a relief picture from Oakland (the submariner) called for a quick pitch when working from the set with no one on.
Times are changing and while I am sure that the rule book will catch up we are still faced with common usage and tradition issues that both Roder and Evans have based their findings on.
I think that David has well defined the issue and anything more that I would say would be redundant.
Tee
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