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[RPatrino]

I stand corrected. NCAA a step is not required for a legal feint. OBR is like FED, based on off. interp.

Good catch guys.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

I stand corrected. NCAA a step is not required for a legal feint.

Reference please.

[RPatrino]

I got this out of the 2006 BRD, at my desk at work. Could be it's been revised since then?? NCAA: Pitcher must step before he throws, but the step is not required for a legal feint. (9-3c).

[Dave Reed]

NCAA 9-3(c):
A balk shall be called for the following action:
"c. While in a pitching position, throw to any base in an attempt to retire a runner without first stepping directly toward such base; or throw or feint a throw toward any base when it is not an attempt to retire a runner or prevent the runner from advancing;
(1) The pitcher, while touching the pitcher’s rubber, must step toward the base, preceding or simultaneous with any move toward that base. The pitcher is committed, upon raising the lead leg, to throw to the base being faced, to second base or to the plate. When throwing or feinting a throw to a base not being faced, the pitcher must step immediately, directly and gain ground toward that base."

Looks to me like the pitcher has to step while feinting.

[RPatrino]

I totally agree with what Dave is saying, and I've called balks on this very thing. However, I am in a quandry vis a vis the BRD.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

I totally agree with what Dave is saying, and I've called balks on this very thing. However, I am in a quandry vis a vis the BRD.

IMO, Carl has had this wrong in every BRD since about 1995 (and maybe earlier). (That statement is not intended to diminish the overall value of the book.)

[buckeyetc71]

You got it right. This is a balk because F1 stepped (feinted) to an unoccupied base (third).
Regards,
Tom