Answer to second one-question test

[Warren Willson]

Originally posted by SamNVa
I saw this called in one of my son's games this past fall.

R2, LH pitcher turns almost all the way around to 2nd (his shoulders were almost square to the bag) during his motion, then uncoils and delivers the pitch to home. The PU working a 1 man system called a balk. I didn't see anything wrong with the move personally.

Sam,

As described, NOT a balk whether performed by LHP or RHP. I had a RH pitcher who would do this religiously with a runner on 2nd only. He never interrupted his motion by the action, but damn it looked ugly! It still wasn't a balk. Even if his not pivot foot crosses the plane at the back of the rubber, he is STILL entitled to pitch to the batter without alteration or interruption.

Cheers,

Warren Willson