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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
The rules say that if the pitcher steps off the rubber with the wrong foot it's a balk, and that is the rule interpretation that this umpire misinterpreted. The safe or out was irrelevant, as the play should never have happened. Tim was not objecting to the out call, just the non-balk call.
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That may be true, but there's nothing in the OP that clarifies it (when asked (or if asked) did the umpire say, "I saw him step back with the free foot, but that's not a balk" or did he say "I didn't see him step back with the free foot". The first is a rules issue, the second is a judgment issue.)
In any event, it has nothing to do with Tim's (calrified) point and I think it's time we moved on.