Is this pick-off legal?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

Still, the rules specifically mentioned THE RUNNERS presumably so they would know which hand the pitcher might try to pick them off with.*

I think the rules need to be clarified to say once the pitcher steps off the rubber he may throw with either hand or, to the contrary, that the pitcher must throw with the "indicated hand" as long as he is standing on the mound.

So if he fields a batted ball on the mound he can only throw with the indicated hand?

If a runner sees a pitcher step off he's going back to the base. Which hand the throws with doesn't come into play.

You're trying to solve a non-existent problem.