[RPatrino]

DG, please explain the difference between (TOP) "time of pitch" and "when the pitch leaves the hand". In the case of my question, I was unsure if the rule implied that the catcher can't move until the pitcher has started his pitching motion vs. on release of the ball.

I called a balk this past season because the catcher, prior to the pitcher beginning any pitching delivery, moved toward second base and recieved the "pitch" in the vicinity of the top line of the left handed batters box. Of course the coach insisted it was a pitch out, and I told him I saw it differently. Maybe I was splitting hairs, but my thought process revolved around that if every catcher was allowed to move prior to a pitch and receive it 5-10 feet in front of the plate, then no runner would ever steal second again.