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Originally Posted by Don Mueller
8.05
(g) The pitcher makes any motion naturally associated with his pitch while he is not touching the pitcher’s plate;
If he steps on the rubber already set then he made the motion to get set while not touching the pitchers plate. That is by rule a balk.
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Coming set is not a pitch. They are seperate actions, thus the rule to make a discernable stop before the delivery (with runners). For example, the definition of 'time of
pitch' for the set position is 'when the pitcher separates his hands before delivery' (BRD)