Yeah, but I'd bet there is a lot of that on your BBQ forum, too! :D

I think this is called illegal most times because it results in a double touch. I have seen and called that before, pitcher in pitching position, brings hands together (wind blows hair in face) she takes hand off ball and fixes hair then brings it back to ball. That is then and IP. Not because she touched her hair but because she re-touched.

I would love to see the justification on that one. :D

I haven't worked Fed in a couple years and don't have my book, however, I thought the rule stated that the condition mentioned (heel in contact with plate) is a requirement "when the pitch starts". As such, if the pitcher's heel lifts or the foot rotates, then braking contact, but without creating a new impetus, everything is legal.

As long as the "contact" is at least partly on top of the plate.