Feinting to 1st

[UmpJM]

officaltony,

Under all rule codes it is a balk to feint to 1B from the rubber.

Under all rule codes it it not a balk to feint to 1B after legally disengaging the rubber.

The jump spin and jab step moves are both considered moves from on the rubber, so if made to 1B the pitcher must throw or he will have balked.

I am also trying to learn the differences between OBR and FED. I've been doing so for almost four years. I feel like I'm starting to make some progress. The best references I have found are:

The Baseball Rules Differences (BRD) by Carl Childress (Only 314 pp. not counting index & appendices).

And The Rules of Professional Baseball, Rules Differences Edition by Chris Jaksa & Rick Roder (aka J/R - RDE).

Good luck.

JM