[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by CoachPaul

If I'm interpreting this properly, I would not see this as illegal if there was a large ditch in front of the pitcher's plate. I would see this as a legal adaptation necessary to pick off to second base if the assumed RHP intended to spin left without stepping off. If he were to follow the rule, he could break his ankle due to poor field/mound conditions.

Coach:

If F1 wants to pitch from the Set Position then he must start with his Non-Pivot foot completely in front of the Pitcher's Plate, and his Pivot foot: 1) must be parallel to the Pitcher's Plate, 2) must not extend past either edge of the Pitcher's Plate (unless F1's feet are more that 24 inches long), and 3) must be entirely in contact with the Pitcher's plate.

See NFHS Baseball Rules R6-S1-A3. But this discussion is moot as far as you are concerned because I thought that high school baseball in Massachusetts was played under OBR which allows the "Hybrid Pitching Position".

MTD, Sr.