Worst rule in baseball...

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by jicecone

jim it seems as though, if it was a violation of the back edge of the rubber, U1 would have blinked, moved or even called something. The pitcher seemed to gain some appreciable distance twoards first but PU evidently did'nt think so and that was his call. I thought it was marginal but he called what he called and made his decision that it wasn't.

Two guys with a better angle than me didn't call it (the back edge) and my view was trying to project the pitchers foot position thru the pitcher's body so I don't have much of a case.