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Originally Posted by youngump
Not during the prep of the pitch. I'm watching the pitcher not the batter. With a right handed pitcher if the 2nd base runner steps off I'm going to see it. With a left hander I might not as well, but it's still pretty easy to see.
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She would have to be at least a couple of steps off, or else you would have a) x-ray vision, or b) a transparent pitcher. In short, there is no way that you can actually see the foot leave the bag. I am not saying that it is completely impossible for a PU to make this call (when the runner is a few steps off the bag), just extremely difficult, and obviously a distraction to what you should be doing. Just leave it where the books and clinics tell you it should be, in the realm of the BU.