Temporary Brain Disfunction and Org. Chaos

[socalblue1]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

Ozzy,

It's NCAA, not OBR, that has the proscription on the pitcher's knee breaking the back plane. The Evans balk video says this is legal in OBR.

Also, the MLBUM says "any part" of the free foot rather than the entire free foot - though I have seen some extremely credible posters state that it is really the entire free foot in order to commit the pitcher to 2B or home.

JM

Rule book says entire free foot. In practice if it's close call the balk.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by socalblue1

Rule book says entire free foot. In practice if it's close call the balk.

If I see the foot go past the back edge, and the pitcher throws to first, I call a balk. I don't take my micrometer or my digital calipers with me when working the bases. Only when working the plate.

[David B]

Originally Posted by socalblue1

Rule book says entire free foot. In practice if it's close call the balk.

In practice this is also very very hard to do as F1.

Try it sometime or get someone to try it for you and see the results.

Thanks
DAvid

[RPatrino]

What's hard? Bringing your free foot past the rubber? Or bringing it past and then throwing to first?

[David B]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

What's hard? Bringing your free foot past the rubber? Or bringing it past and then throwing to first?

Both! Not just past, but entirely past!

Not as easy as it seems until you get on a diamond with the slope and try it.

thanks
David