Pitcher taking signals.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

I'm betting he's going to balk him if there are runners...............


Tim.

I'm betting not. Perhaps if some of you that so strongly defend never kicking dirt off the rubber would do so, then the runner could see if the pitcher was straddling the rubber.

BTW-6-2-5 doesn't apply to this situation. Straddling the rubber is not a motion associated with a pitch. The key word is motion. Standing still and straddling the rubber is not motion.

And one more thing. It is the catcher giving the signs when the pitcher is off the rubber. Why penalize the pitcher? This a simple FED rule that many are butchering.

Not a balk. Never has been and never will be.

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

I'm betting not. Perhaps if some of you that so strongly defend never kicking dirt off the rubber would do so, then the runner could see if the pitcher was straddling the rubber.

Not a balk. Never has been and never will be.

I answered the question as to what Steve would do if the pitcher stepped to the rubber to deliver a quick pitch. It's certainly a balk, and how you can say otherwise is not surprising to me.

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

BTW-6-2-5 doesn't apply to this situation. Straddling the rubber is not a motion associated with a pitch. The key word is motion. Standing still and straddling the rubber is not motion.

Not once have any of us mentioned we'd balk a pitcher for simply straddling the rubber. What we've said is that we would balk him for making a movement naturally associated with his pitch when he leans in while not on the rubber. So, ART - 6 does apply.



Tim.