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"Take a few steps and stop". I am unfamiliar with that phrase.
I have the same manuals that you do and I'm sure we've read every passage pertinent to last Evenings play.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. If that happened to me, I would certainly have been Surprised and probably would have balked him.
Tha balk rule, however, is vague as to when the pitch is delivered. I take it to mean that the pitcher was never on the rubber in the first place. There is no mention of the pitcher stepping back off the rubber and THEN pitching.
That's why I brought up 8.01e.
The OBR, JEA & Roder are vague on this. The MLB Manual and the PBUC manual don't even mention it. I would certainly like Childress to comment on this.
I am going to present this play at our next meeting. I will give them both sides of thought and let them decide how to handle it. A lot of beer has been won and lost over interpretations such as this.
Dave
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