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Originally Posted by ManInBlue
Two out, runners on 2nd and 3rd. F1 is in the wind up, he steps back onto his free foot, stutter-steps back and forth, then starts to pitch. I called the balk. The D-coach went off. He said it wasn't like the stretch, where you have to have one continuous motion. He has 3 seconds to pause when pitching from the wind up. He then said he's been doing this $h!t his whole life.
Well, I didn't balk him for "pausing" I balked him for taking 2 or three steps with his free foot. Actually he balked on the previous pitch by turning his shoulders to 1B in the set position after bringing his hands together (I'm not sure why b/c there wasn't a runner there). I let that one slide. I really didn't want to have the winning run score on a balk.
That was definitely a new one for me though. I missed the 3 second rule when I read the rules the last time, and the time before that...
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Well shame on the umpires who have let him do this without calling it.
I'm guessing this is HS ball.
Thanks
David