Balk or bad mechanics?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally posted by PWL

There is no required amount of time that the pitcher must be stopped while using the set position. The rule states that the pitcher must come to a complete stop.
If this is not the obvious stuff then what is?

I thought the rule said complete and discernable. In my discernable estimation they are not stopping long enough before they go to the plate. I want that small pause in there that tells me and everybody else they have stopped. Like the one thousand one count. That is what I'm asking for. They get going too fast sometimes.

But to get back to the subject at hand, I what them to come to a complete stop for at least one second. That's what works for me.[/quote]

There is no set time for the stop. The FED book says complete and discernable stop, while OBR got rid of the "discernable" part many years ago, because it was hard to define discernable. The pro rules also tried a "one second stop" rule, but it too went by the wayside because it was not being uniformly called.

All in all, it's your judgment as to what is or isn't a good stop.