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kheisner

Honestly, if you are not looking for it......you probably won't notice it. Maybe it has been done to you and you didn't see it. When we did it,(40-50 times) neither the umpire or the other team ever noticed.

This move was taught to me by a college pitcher......I asked him if it was a balk...he said he didn't know if it was a balk or not.......but he did tell me that his team would do it frequently and his coach didn't think it was a balk....and....no umpire had ever called it.
Like I said, until I started to study for my IHSA test......I never knew it was a balk.

I monitor this site and other umpires sites so I can be knowledgeable of the rules. Unlike you folks......most umpires I have encountered (rec, travel, & high school) are limited in their umpiring knowledge. It is very frustrating sometimes....many of these guys are out there just for the pay. Recently I had an umpire tell me that "the hands are part of the bat"!! I didn't argue with the idiot, but I did quietly tell him that was a myth and he could check it out on the internet.
I'm a coach, and you don't know what I have to put up with.......I don't argue much.....I carry rule books with me......and I have filed a protest (I won the protest) when an improper "fielders balk" was called in a Bronco game against my team.

I always enjoy having knowledgeable umpires at my games......however it is not as frequent as I would like.

mbyron

You're kidding, right? I know the pitcher's number, handedness, whether he sets up on the 1B side or 3B side of the ruber, what his 3 moves to 1B are, and how he comes set. I can't imagine an umpire who works above 13U not noticing what you're talking about.

Which is, as Carter points out, completely irrelevant to the OP, where F1 is merely straddling the rubber.

kheisner

First of all....go back to the original post. The question was.....can a right-handed pitcher set-up with his left-foot on the rubber to gain an advantage for a pick-off move to second base. That is exactly what I am writing about. Most of you didn't totally understand the question because you don't think you have ever saw it done. This exact situation was addressed this year in the 2009 NFHS case study book.

I kid you not.....my last post was total truth......former college pitcher taught me what his coach had taught his pitchers for years. This pitcher showed me how easy it was to do in a practice game his son was pitching......I was looking for it and I missed it the first time!!:eek:

Honestly....if you are not looking for it....you might miss it.:confused:

SanDiegoSteve

mbyron wrote
You're kidding, right? I know the pitcher's number, handedness, whether he sets up on the 1B side or 3B side of the ruber, what his 3 moves to 1B are, and how he comes set. I can't imagine an umpire who works above 13U not noticing what you're talking about.

Which is, as Carter points out, completely irrelevant to the OP, where F1 is merely straddling the rubber.

No feeding the trolls, unless you give them Purina Troll Chow.

mbyron

SanDiegoSteve wrote
No feeding the trolls, unless you give them Purina Troll Chow.

Yeahuh. Sheesh. 🙄

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