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Old Fri May 29, 2015, 10:09am
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Originally Posted by phil447 View Post
Thanks, Jim. I appreciate your response.
Found the NCAA interp.

14. 9-1a—May a LHP lift his stride leg straight up without breaking the plane of the back edge of the pitcher’s plate and turn inside and throw to second base in an attempt to retire a runner from first base who is stealing on the movement?
A pitcher may throw to an unoccupied base in an attempt to retire an advancing runner. As long as the motion is one continuous motion, it is legal. If the pitcher stops at the top (where his lower leg and thigh make a 90-degree angle) before he turns inside, a balk shall be called. The stopping and restarting constitute two moves and not one continuous motion.
A balk would also be called if the runner from first bluffsand goes back to first and the pitcher follows thru with the throw to second.
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