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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 02:14pm
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Aren't their hands still in front of their body when they turn sideways?
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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 02:28pm
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Aren't their hands still in front of their body when they turn sideways?
Doesn't this then violate 6-1-1-a?
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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 02:50pm
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Honestly, "in front of the body" doesn't necessarily mean "between the body and home plate", it means "in front of the body" (as in ... not behind the body)... 6-1-1-a doesn't come into play after the hands come together.

Nothing in the OP is remotely illegal.
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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 02:51pm
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Doesn't this then violate 6-1-1-a?
6-1-1a covers how the pitcher stands when she engages the plate with her hands separated. When she brings them together, there is no requirement that I'm aware of to maintain her shoulders aligned with first and third base.
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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 03:19pm
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6-1-1a covers how the pitcher stands when she engages the plate with her hands separated. When she brings them together, there is no requirement that I'm aware of to maintain her shoulders aligned with first and third base.
I'll go a step further... EVERY pitcher turns sideways during her windup eventually. Nothing odd about it at all, and definitely not illegal.
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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 04:34pm
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I'll go a step further... EVERY pitcher turns sideways during her windup eventually. Nothing odd about it at all, and definitely not illegal.
So are you saying that turning sideways while bringing the hands together is part of the windup as in 6-1-2-a?

The pitch starts when one hand is taken off the ball or the pitcher makes any
motion that is part of the windup after the hands have been brought together.

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Old Fri Apr 05, 2013, 10:01pm
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So are you saying that turning sideways while bringing the hands together is part of the windup as in 6-1-2-a?

The pitch starts when one hand is taken off the ball or the pitcher makes any
motion that is part of the windup after the hands have been brought together.
How many times do you want the question answered?

It isn't going to change no matter how many different ways you address it.
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Old Sat Apr 06, 2013, 10:26am
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How many times do you want the question answered?

It isn't going to change no matter how many different ways you address it.
I'm just trying to clarify. I believe the question has morphed a bid, though.

There is a stretch of what you all consider is in front of the pitcher. I guess what I learned on left, right and in front are not, in fact, different.

Either way, I will continue on with allowing it.

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