Illegal or just Ugly?

[JJ]

Anybody else see the "funky" windup the Aussie player from ASU used last night - hitched/double stepped/double pumped - however you want to describe it....the umpires, as best I could tell from TV, let it go....

It should have been...(fill in the blank)....

JJ

[UmpJM]

JJ,

That was NOT a legal delivery from the windup. Simply because he took MORE than one step backward/sideways and one step forward with his free foot.

I can't believe the crew let that go.

From NCAA 9-1-a:

The pitcher shall not raise either foot from the ground, except that in the actual delivery of the ball to the batter, the pitcher may take one step backward or sideward and one step forward with the free foot.

PENALTY—Warning on first offense. Illegal pitch shall be called on subsequent offenses.

JM

[David B]

Originally Posted by JJ

Anybody else see the "funky" windup the Aussie player from ASU used last night - hitched/double stepped/double pumped - however you want to describe it....the umpires, as best I could tell from TV, let it go....

It should have been...(fill in the blank)....

JJ

Didn't see it, is there video? would be interesting to see

thanks
David

[Jimmie24]

I saw it and was shocked it wasn't called either. He starts his windup, brings his foot up then brings it back behind him then back and delivers a strike on the inside part of the plate. Only thing the PU did was punch out the batter. Pretty effective pitch!

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by Jimmie24

I saw it and was shocked it wasn't called either. He starts his windup, brings his foot up then brings it back behind him then back and delivers a strike on the inside part of the plate. Only thing the PU did was punch out the batter. Pretty effective pitch!

You left out the double pump with the hands when he stepped back down.

It sure looked funky.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Odds are they've been letting it go all year, so they are not changing his (ab)normal delivery at this late juncture.

[UmpJM]

Steve,

I didn't watch a whole lot of the game, but I only saw him do it once. I also understand that he hasn't pitched much this season due to injuries (and, according to his doctor should not be pitching now).

I doubt they've been "letting it go" all season. I think it was just so weird that the crew "brain cramped" on it.

From what I could tell, nobody from Clemson said "boo" about it. Really weird.

JM

[Mrumpiresir]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Odds are they've been letting it go all year, so they are not changing his (ab)normal delivery at this late juncture.

If that's what they did, they were just wrong.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Odds are they've been letting it go all year, so they are not changing his (ab)normal delivery at this late juncture.

I only saw him do it the one time...shocked that the Clemson coach did not come out to argue the pitch

[tcarilli]

I have searched for a clip of this, can't find one. Does any one have a link to a clip of this delivery or is everyone who didn't see it going conjecture about how the umpires botched this?