Legal pitch?

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by jmkupka

http://www.cactusumpires.com/pitchers.html

Please take a look at Pitcher #3 (lefty), in particular in the 3rd frame.
Since this is intended as a tutorial for umpires, please tell me this is incorrectly being described as legal.

At picture #3 on pitcher #3, she had done nothing illegal. Pivot foot on the ground, still in contact with the pitcher's plate, and the stride foot just beginning the stride. That pitch wasn't illegal, until picture #5, when the pivot/drag foot stopped dragging and elevated.

[Insane Blue]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

At picture #3 on pitcher #3, she had done nothing illegal. Pivot foot on the ground, still in contact with the pitcher's plate, and the stride foot just beginning the stride. That pitch wasn't illegal, until picture #5, when the pivot/drag foot stopped dragging and elevated.

Picture # 3 is an Illegal Pitch as well as those that follow. The caption reads "Opps! I see air. Right here she is leaping. Notice that the pitching arm is just beginning to come up for the windmill revolution. Both feet are in the air."

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Insane Blue

Picture # 3 is an Illegal Pitch as well as those that follow. The caption reads "Opps! I see air. Right here she is leaping. Notice that the pitching arm is just beginning to come up for the windmill revolution. Both feet are in the air."

Then you aren't looking at Pitcher #3, the lefty referenced. You do realize there are multiple slide sets, right??