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Originally Posted by dash_riprock
Rules like that annoy me to no end, and it seems they always come from FED. Sometimes I wonder if they (whomever "they" may be) are doing it just to be different, because some of these rules have no discernible raison d'être.
Can someone tell my why:
1. From the set, F1 must come to a complete stop with no runners.
2. The prohibition on turning the shoulders to check a runner begins when F1 brings his hands together rather than when he has come to a stop.
3. A balk is an immediate dead ball.
4. F1 cannot step and throw to a base from the windup position.
Ive had a few too many Czechvars and the gorilla arm set me off. I hope I don't regret this post in the morning.
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(Note that I'm NOT saying that I agree with these decisions, just explaining what I think is FED's rationale.)
1) There shouldn't be any difference between what's legal and not depending on whether runners are on base.
2) No idea, but I don't think it makes a practical difference.
3) To reduce umpire and coach / player confusion
4) To stop coaches from pretending to windup and then picking off a runner. Too many umpires wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the start of a pitch and the motion to throw to a base.
(Many of the differences are an attempt to develop the rules for the lowest-common-denominator of umpire and coach.)
And, for Mr. Tyler -- czechvar is a beer.