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Does Joe West Just Make It Up As He Goes Along? (Illegal Pitch)
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timelydew
Read the link here first:
https://forum.officiating.com/baseball/15034-joe-wests-illegal-pitch-call-cards-pirates-game.html
And fast forward to the present. Joe West, yet again being Joe West, called an illegal pitch on Marcus Stroman for his "delay" tactic from the wind-up. Same as happened in the link above. No one was on base, so he called the pitch a ball. As put forth in the rules, only two conditions give us an illegal pitch: (1) a pitch delivered to the batter when the pitcher does not have his pivot foot in contact with the pitcher's plate; (2) a quick return pitch.
Read through that link up there first (it's where I draw my opinion from, specifically the posts by Dave Hensely), and tell me if you agree or disagree with Joe's interpretation. I do not. The guy's been umpiring longer than I've been alive, but ol' Cowboy Joe does things his own way.
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I recommend posing the question as, "Why is this an illegal pitch?" rather than the tendentious and presumptuous, "Is Joe West making it up?" Why would you assume that you're right and West is wr
Jimurray
Nobody knows what MLB wants called with Stroman or some other pitchers. So, Joe West could be making it up, or not. It's gone many wAys.
Jimurray
Couldn't get my iphone video to my PC except by this primitive method. Joe was not happy with the hip turn. Maybe he thought Stroman used the hip twist to deke that he was gonna deliver right away fro
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