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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by Patrick Szalapski
What I gather is this: Pitcher in windup with free foot behind rubber. He steps forward with FREE foot, planting it in front of rubber. He pivots the pivot foot normally, then steps forward again with the free foot and pitches.
The pitcher, with his free foot, may: step once forward or step once backward then once forward with the free foot in his pitching motion. He shall not otherwise lift either foot (FED 6-1-2). (Obviously we are going to ignore a slight lift of the pivot foot in its pivot.)
Thus, for FED in the situation originally presented, this is a balk/illegal pitch (6-1 PEN).
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Just out of curiosity, does Fed 6-1-2 apply to a stretch postion? I have seen this kind of weird foot movement in a stretch position. For example, is it legal, in a stretch position, for a pitcher to move foward with his front foot, then forward again, then backwards before coming set?