Do you ever call this?

[Dakota]

Originally posted by archer
Then you risk the pitcher getting hurt because of the canyon in front of the rubber. Most girls push off in front of the hole to avoid an injury.

Hogwash. The pitcher actually risks greater injury by pushing off from the bottom of the hole instead of just staying on the plate to push off.

Most fields have a small divot in front of the plate, not a deep hole, and I see this positioning of the foot on all kinds of fields. It is obviously a coached and practiced foot positioning, so somebody somewhere thinks this is a better way to handle the foot mechanics (i.e. gain an advantage).

As I said above, I've never called a pitcher on it, but it is clearly illegal.