Balk or bad mechanics?

[largeone59]

Originally posted by SAump
You may have another clue.

Please refer to it as "such as he habitually uses in his delivery;0"

You are dead wrong. If you call this in a game, you will not be backed up by ANY rule, interpretation, or otherwise.


Please quote the whole rule next time:

"It's a balk when:

failing to pitch to the batter in a continuous motion immediately after any movement of any part of the body such as he habitually uses in his delivery"

This means if he doesn't pitch in a fluid motion, it's a balk or if he makes any motion associated with his pitch, and doesn't, it's a balk. It says nothing about changing styles of delivery.

[Edited by largeone59 on Feb 19th, 2006 at 11:55 AM]