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Fri Nov 01, 2013, 06:51am

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Originally Posted by chapmaja

The reason is I feel the pitcher is in fact trying to delay (intentionally or otherwise) the sight line of the pitch for the batter, which is the intent of the rule as CecilOne pointed out. The position may also allow more rotation of the hips during the pitching motion which may increase the velocity of the pitch.

Making it difficult to see the ball and attempting to increase the velocity of the pitch are now rationales for calling illegal pitches?

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