Frozen Leg Balk

[DG]

Originally Posted by Fritz

DC comes out to ask for an explanation and I state the pitcher must make a continuous motion in delivering a pitch. He says it can't be a balk because he teaches all his LHPs that move as a way to hold the runner close (I'm still looking for that exception in the rule book, the one that cancels a balk if the coach teaches his players an illegal move!).

In the words of a good friend of mine when confronted with this argument: "Coach, if you are going to teach your pitcher to cheat, don't get upset when I catch him"