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Originally Posted by ncump7
I think it is physically impossible to bring the leg down and just before it hits the ground make a spin. When he opens up with the hip and swings his leg forward, he is commited to pitch to the plate. Balk!!
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OK. Lets simplify it then. Is it a balk with a runner on 2nd base when the pitcher raises his non-pivot leg, then lowers it (normal movement for going to the plate) but does not go to the plate? Or is it a legal pickoff move upto the point of his leg starting towards the plate?