Windup Balk

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Prince
When, from the Windup Position, the pitcher starting (a) with glove hand up in front of his boddy and pithcing hand at his side, (b) both hand together up in front of his body, or (c) both hands at his side, my start his motion to deliver without interuption.

My understanding of 8.01(a) is that it is a balk, with runners on base, if in (a) above the pitching hand comes up to the glove hand and motion stops before continuing to pitch, or if in (c) above both hands come up to in front of the body and motion stops before continuing to pitch.

In (a) and (c), the pitching motion has started once the hand(s) start to move up. Am I wrong?

Your first sentence looks like a (parphrase of a) FED rule. You might be confusing the FED and OBR codes.

In FED, (c) is a commitment to pitch (once both hands move). (a) is legal (bringing one hand up to the other, then stopping).