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Someone want to explain #32 to me
With a Runner on Base, it is a Balk When:
32. The pitcher in the set position, attempting to pick-off a runner at first base, keeps his non-pivot foot stationary but steps back with his pivot foot to gain leverage.
The answer given was True. The references were given as 6-1-3 and 6-2-4b.
Am I misunderstanding the word "back." I took that to mean in a direction away from home plate to a position behind the pitching rubber. This is a very common move for a Left Handed Pitcher, LHP - left foot (pivot) is placed behind rubber and throw is made to 1st. Don't see that it would help a RHP much.
Perhaps "back" was meant for a RHP and the direction was towards the pitcher's back, towards 1st base, that he was turning in a clockwise direction. This would be a balk.
What part of this question am I missing? "... to gain leverage?"
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