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Old Wed May 11, 2011, 10:26am
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Originally Posted by DG View Post
I know of no mention of shoulder lean to indicate a balk. "Any natural movement associated with his delivery" is mentioned. Nobody delivers from the position he was in before he came set. I disagree with you, he was clearly not making a move to the plate IMHO. You call it, I will not.
But 6-2-4a does state it is a balk when the pitcher feints toward the batter, and I can see a shoulder lean to be interpreted this way, (HTBT, of course).
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