Suicide sqeeze gone bad

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Could you ever have a balk on this for simulating the pitching motion while not on the rubber or is it always interference?

The only time I've ever called a balk on a pitcher simulating a pitch while not on the rubber was when he assumed a windup position with a runner on first base, stepped off with his pivot foot behind the rubber, but raising his hands up as if starting a windup while stepping off. The runner was fooled into thinking the pitcher was delivering a pitch from the windup, and was quite surprised when he saw the pitcher turn to throw to second. The pitcher was just as surprised when I called the balk before he could complete the throw.

In this scenario, it would make no sense for the pitcher to try and do something similar.