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Originally Posted by bsaucer
What started out as a pitching motion ended up as a throw to the plate... Balk! They'll call a balk if the catcher leaves the box before the ball leaves the pitcher's hand.
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What started out as a pitching motion ended up as a throw to the plate... Balk!
Nope. It's still a pitch.
They'll call a balk if the catcher leaves the box before the ball leaves the pitcher's hand
The interpretation in use is that the catcher cannot move from the box until the time of the pitch - which is when the motion commits the pitcher to pitch.