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We have touched on this a few times in the past:
The handedness of a pitcher does not make any difference.
A left handed pitcher and a right handed pitcher operate under one set of rules.
When someone intones: "Hey if a lefty can do it so can a righthander!" they have missed the salient point:
The rules are identical with the exception to which base they face. A right hander could use "the hanging leg" (the lefty move to first) to third as well as a left handed pitcher cannot lift his non pivot leg hang it and then turn to third.
The first movement by a righthander (to first) or a left hander (to third) must be a direct movement to that base when they have not legally disengaged.
Again, we tell our umpires: "Sometimes you just have to umpire."
Think of this as a different base and not a different set of rules.
Hope this makes sense to all.
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