[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by waltjp

It's hard to tell what he's doing from the still shots. This links to a video of him in action. If you watch long enough you'll see him setting at the belt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbk-9...elated&search=

Thanks for the video. It's just like I thought. His hands are above his head in the windup, not the set. That is going to be okay with MLB:

OBR 8.01 (a) The Windup Position. The pitcher shall stand facing the batter, his pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate and the other foot free. From this position any natural movement associated with his delivery of the ball to the batter commits him to the pitch without interruption or alteration. He shall not raise either foot from the ground, except that in his actual delivery of the ball to the batter, he may take one step backward, and one step forward with his free foot.
When a pitcher holds the ball with both hands in front of his body, with his pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate and his other foot free, he will be considered in the Windup Position.

The hands may be above his head but they are in front of his body! Actually, I wouldn't worry about MLB here. It's the copy cats in youth ball that we will have to deal with! Of course, in FED-landia, Daisuke Matsuzaka is a dead man!