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Originally Posted by scarolinablue
I disagree. If the motion by the pitcher resembles his normal pitching motion, even if he's stepped off the rubber, he could be called for a balk. If he was in the set position, stepped off, and then lifted his non-pivot foot similar to his normal delivery, this could confuse the batter, who would then be justified in swinging at the "pitch".
Otherwise, as you've said above...interference on the batter. Guess you'd HTBT in the OP sitch.
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I'll have to support Bigguy here. Reading the OP as written, and without making something out of it that it isn't, we see that the pitcher
stepped off and threw the ball home. He didn't pitch it. There is a difference between a throw and a pitch and unless the original poster changes his story, this not a balk.
Yes, Rich, unless the poster tell us that the pitcher threw in a manner that resembled his pitching delivery, we ignore 8.05 (g). It doesn't come into play.