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Originally Posted by njdevs00cup
When I spoke to BU after the game, he explained to me that he did not balk him for stepping onto the rubber, in the set position, when the ball was dead. He insisted that because the rule states the pitcher must come set on the rubber it was a balk as soon as the ball became live.
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Just becaues he "insisted" doesn't make him right.
He was wrong.
And, any coach saying "step off and throw to first" is enough to make an appeal "obvious" in my book. And, I'm likely to say "Time" (if the ball isn't already dead), "What are you trying to do" and when the coach responds rule on the appeal.