Another Inquiry on the balk?

[hawk0213]

IF you can be on the rubber wehn you throw over then why do they say you have to stepoff to throw over? Every book I have read says that the pivot foot must clear the rubber in order to throw over?

I am in no position to question professionals and therefore I wont but is there any publishings or direct quotes that support this rule?

A book by Joe "Spanky" Mcfarland, a longtime college baseball coach, states in his book "Coaching Pitchers", "The pivot foot must clear the rubber, and the stride foot must go toward first base to avoid a balk."

Any help with clarification would be appreciated.

Jon