Bending the Rules?

[Trojans73]

I saw this move in a HS varsity game in the Houston area and the only person fooled by this move was the base ump, who called a balk.

The pitcher can use every trick in his bag to decieve the runners as long as they are legal. But then again, most pickoffs are the result of good moves by the pitcher or too big a lead by the runners or both.