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Originally posted by cbfoulds
If F1 does his Mexican Jumping Bean act with his hands together, and lands with one foot in front and the pivot behind the rubber before he separates his hands: it seems to me that he has met the rule req's for "stepping off". Is there a Case Book play or manual reference I have forgotten?
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The jump-step is considered to be a move from the rubber; it does not constitute a legal disengagement. The point being, if a pitcher executes a jump step towards 1B and does not throw, he has balked.