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Balk or no? - Lefty edition
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Guest reid
Lefty pitcher on the mound. Runner on 1B (only runner on base). P steps on rubber, gets sign and as he is coming set "flicks" ball over to 1B for a pick. Is this a balk? P is already facing 1B and is in process of coming set (but never does) and makes a single motion to throw the ball to 1B.
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If he stepped while throwing it's not a balk. You can step and throw while coming set but there is the possibility of the umpire perceiving a failure to come set "without interruption and in one con
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