Balk or Legal

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Sure... I get your point.

But he said that he "moves hands..." and "simultaneously steps off" ... so the moving hands does not occur "while touching the plate".

Then wouldn't it be a balk for simulating a pitching motion while not touching the plate?

But, like Rich, I don't get the "rocks back" part and the set position. Maybe it was really the wind-up. Or, it was a windup move from the set position.