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Old Fri Jul 18, 2014, 01:26pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by johnnyg08 View Post
Could you ever have a balk on this for simulating the pitching motion while not on the rubber or is it always interference?
The only time I've ever called a balk on a pitcher simulating a pitch while not on the rubber was when he assumed a windup position with a runner on first base, stepped off with his pivot foot behind the rubber, but raising his hands up as if starting a windup while stepping off. The runner was fooled into thinking the pitcher was delivering a pitch from the windup, and was quite surprised when he saw the pitcher turn to throw to second. The pitcher was just as surprised when I called the balk before he could complete the throw.

In this scenario, it would make no sense for the pitcher to try and do something similar.
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