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Originally Posted by JJ
The gorilla arm per se is not illegal in OBR, BUT...if the pitcher spins and throws without gaining ground it's a balk. But you knew that.
I only mention it because it was mentioned to me that sometimes a pitcher will have that arm hanging/swinging and the umpire will be so focused on that that he fails to observe the "gaining ground" issue.
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Not sure why an OBR umpire would focus on something that is perfectly legal.
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Fri Aug 03, 2012, 01:03pm
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