Pickoffs from the windup?

[andrewm]

Well we didn't get a chance to run any pickoff plays from the windup this weekend. We were going to save them for braket play on Sunday, but the whole day got washed out.

However, on Saturday I did ask two umpires about the rule and neither one of them knew about it. One ump was calling a high school tournament at LSU's Alex Box Stadium and the other called our USSSA 11AA pool play games. They both said illegal in high school and college, which I knew. Neither one of them was sure about USSSA, which uses OBR. Both said they'd probably call a balk. Great, not what I wanted to hear. Guess I better have my rule book in hand with specific citations highlighted whenever we do try it.

We'll work on it in practice and save it for later. I just love to beat other teams by being more prepared.