Thread: Is it a balk?
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Old Sun Jul 08, 2007, 10:15pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock Chalk
R1, R3. RHP. Pitcher steps back off the rubber with right foot and slowly turns and does a pump fake to first base. Is this a balk or does the fact that he stepped off the rubber first make him an infielder so the faked throw is meaningless?
As long as the pitcher didn't begin a motion to pitch like rasing his arms as he stepped off for example, it's not a balk.


Tim.
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