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The description in 8.01 (b) says the pitcher may "...step backward off the pitchers plate with his pivot foot."
Bringing the pivot foot up is NOT stepping backward off the pitchers plate. Additionally, since the pivot foot has now disengaged, you could argue that he is making a motion naturally associated with his pitch.
In any event, it seems like a balk to me.
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