Consensus for an unbelieving offspring, please

[David B]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I have seen quite a few pitchers attempt pickoffs from the windup position (some successfully), both directly from the rubber, and also by quickly stepping off with the pivot foot. I would say that 99% of the umpires I've worked with (last season's gang excepted ) would know that it was legal, and not call it a balk. Why would "most" umpires not know this?

I'm not talking about stepping off with the correct foot. I'm talking about being in the windup position and then simply stepping to the base and attempting the pickoff.

I've never seen it attempted in any level above JV and then it was done because the kid didn't know any better. (And of course it has to be OBR rules I add)

Its a legal move, but for some reason it either simply does not work or as I suggested, it would probably be called a balk 99% of the time.

Thanks
David