FTVMartin It's not a "rule" as Leiter said. It may be an accepted interp but it is not a rule as he says in this video. That is what I was refering to in my reply.
ozzy6900 johnnyg08 wroteGo to MLB.com and search "balk" and watch the Baseball Tonight (Leiter and H. Reynolds) guys talk about the balk rule. "There's a rule that says you get 45 degrees to make your move to 1B..." There's more. Multimedia Search | MLB.com: Multimedia Please offer your comments My comments are simple. I do not listen to nor do I try to interpret baseball announcers when they attempt to explain the rules of baseball.
johnnyg08 FTVMartin wroteIt's not a "rule" as Leiter said. It may be an accepted interp but it is not a rule as he says in this video. That is what I was refering to in my reply. I thought he said it was a rule...I misheard him
SanDiegoSteve UMP25 wroteBecause it's too much of a pain in the @ss to get that little circle to show. 😃Alt + 0 on a PC, Option + 0 on the Mac (my PC of choice).
UMP25 See, too much of a pain in the @ss! 😀 And no, Alt + 0 doesn't do it on my PC. Nothing happens. Had that worked, I would've used it. 😉
SanDiegoSteve Maybe it's Control + 0 or some other combo. Bill Gates always does things the hard way.🙂
Welpe On PCs you have to hold ALT and press 0176 on the Number pad on the right of your keyboard, then release ALT. Steve, you goofy Mac users have to use something simple. 😛
SanDiegoSteve Welpe wroteSteve, you goofy Mac users have to use something simple. :pMy Windows PC sits idle next to my Mac, which is far superior for graphic design work. I use the Windows machine for storage. It does a great job of it!🙂
Welpe SanDiegoSteve wroteMy Windows PC sits idle next to my Mac, which is far superior for graphic design work. I use the Windows machine for storage. It does a great job of it!🙂 I'll tip my hat to you on the graphics design. I work in the world of servers and databases and Macs are a four letter word here. 😉
scarolinablue Welpe wroteOn PCs you have to hold ALT and press 0176 on the Number pad on the right of your keyboard, then release ALT. Steve, you goofy Mac users have to use something simple. :p Holding ALT and typing 248 works equally as well, and there's one less number to push.😃
yawetag UMP25 wroteIn the NCAA rule book, this actually was a rule. It specifically stated that a pitcher must step within this 45* angle. That specific geometric wording was later removed from that section altogether. Perhaps it was because, as explained above, the position of the rubber precludes this 45* from actually existing. Well, there *is* a 45° degree line... it just doesn't line up with first base.