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Originally Posted by Don Mueller
Thank you.
I've tried all along to make the point that simulating the pitching motion, whether stretch or set is the issue, not the act of fondling the ball in the glove.
Here's where I'm going to nit pick, because that's how this all started, with me nit picking.
He started his stretch while not on the rubber, I believe that constitutes a balk. I don't believe in calling it, but it is a balk.
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I was following you all along Don. Its a nit-picky call, but I don't think its something that looked upon very nicely.
If not, then why don't you even see this at the MLB level of ball.
Actually the only place I see this would be in small ball kids who don't know how to pitch yet.
I'm sure if this happened at MLB levels that it would be called a quick pitch or something to that effect.
I've seen it before and treated it as a "don't do it again", but if it was really legal then we would see it at higher levels.
That's my opinion anyway.
Thanks
David