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Old Fri Jul 17, 2009, 03:00pm
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
A RH pitcher taking the mound with his feet in the position of a LH pitcher (left foot on rubber, right foot in front of the rubber toward home) is illegal and a balk specifically in FED.

I'd rule the same way in OBR.
If this is what you are doing, trying to deceive the runner into thinking the pitcher is LH, then that is a balk. Cannot do anything naturally associated with the pitch while on the mound and not in contact with the rubber. That is what I would rule as well. Balk.
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