Thread: Fair or foul?
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Old Thu Jun 22, 2006, 08:24am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Since we now know it was FED rules, it would be a balk only if he didn't wipe his pitching hand before it touches the ball.
Not true, Steve. In FED, going to the mouth while on the rubber is "a motion associated with the pitch" and is a balk. While 6.2.1A and 6.1.2D only hint at this ruling, I seem to recall an interp that deals with it directly.
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