faking to first

[joyce]

Thanks for the info. From what I gather, if the pitcher first steps directly BACK with the pivot foot, he can then fake to first. This is NOT what I am seeing in our league. In our league, the pitcher lifts the pivot foot, plants it basically on the SIDE or "sort-of" IN FRONT and ON THE SIDE of the rubber (NOT making contact), as he turns his body to first, strides with the non-pivot foot, and FAKES. So to test my theory that a righty really CAN'T throw a firstbase pickoff WITHOUT losing contact with the rubber, I went down to the field and tried to throw a pickoff to first from the stretch WITHOUT losing contact between my pivot foot and the rubber, and I think I hurt my pancreas! Next I watched the Red Sox game. While that was not as painful as my pancreas injury, I am pretty sure I saw a righty pickoff move where the pitcher did exactly what I described above, in fact losing contact between his pivot foot and the rubber. In fact, it looked pretty much like a standard pickoff move to me. Can you tell I used to be an outfielder? HELP!!!!