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Balk #1: LHP comes set. Does a jump move and throws to 1st base. Pivot foot lands behind the rubber, non-pivot foot moves backwards and lands towards 3rd base. (Coach felt that because the pivot foot landed behind the rubber, the pitcher had legally stepped off.)
I'm having a hard time visualizing this move. I've even tried to act it out. A left-hander doing a "jump move" toward first just sounds weird. Usually, a "jump move" involves making a 180-degree (or more) turn with the body. Since a left-hander is facing first, I have a hard time visualizing his jump, or, why he would jump.
Did you mean that the LHP is throwing to THIRD?
The non-pivot foot landing toward 3rd while throwing to 1st seems like something only Gumby could do.
What balk rule has the pitcher in this move violated?
I'm not questioning your judgment - I'm just trying to figure out WHAT the pitcher did and WHAT you thought was wrong with it.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN
[Edited by David Emerling on Mar 21st, 2005 at 01:21 AM]
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