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Once the pitcher, after coming to a complete and discernible stop, picks up the non-pivot foot there are really only 4 requirements for a legal delivery/feint to any of the 4 bases. The pitcher must: A) not feint to home or 1st Base (NFHS R6-2-4a). B) step directly toward the base to which he is throwing/feinting (NFHS R6-2-4b) C) throw/feint to base in an attempt to put out/drive back a runner(NFHS R6-2-4b) D) not pause between the lifting of the non-pivot foot and the step towards a base(NFHS R6-2-4d & NFHS CB 6.1.3 SIT. H) It does not matter what the rest of their body does after the non-pivot foot is lifted to start the pitching motion/pick-off move. Some motions may look odd or even awkward but as long as the pitcher steps directly toward the base to which they are throwing/feinting and they are allowed to throw/feint to that base then they have not balked. |
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"The pitcher, while touching the pitcher's rubber, must step toward the base, preceding or simultaneous with any move toward that base. The pitcher is committed, upon raising the lead leg, to throw to the base being faced, to second base or to the plate. When throwing or feinting a throw to a base not being faced, the pitcher must step immediately, directly and gain ground toward that base." The NFHS Rules have no similar restrictions on a pitcher's movement toward a base that the pitcher is not facing. The OP is a high school umpire describing a high school situation. The mere absence of a similar restriction in NFHS is not grounds for imposing the NCAA rule. Therefore, this rule does not apply to the situation and, by extension, I am not wrong. |
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It's not a citation. It's because if he raises his leg to that point, it is impossible for a step to the base behind him to be direct--his leg has moved in the opposite direction.
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Just out of curiosity ... where exactly are you expecting there to be a citation? The back of the MLB book stating something like "Our rule is the same as FED" ... or the back of the FED book stating "our rule is the same as NCAA"... etc...
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It doesn't have to look the same. The only requirement is that F1 either steps toward HP and throw the ball to HP or steps toward 1B and throw the ball to 1B. MTD, Sr.
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You claimed that if the pitcher "picks up his non-pivot foot in the same manner he does when he pitches the ball," then he has balked. This is not correct. |
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