Ohlendorf Windup Delivery

[stkjock]

Gents - Rule 5.07 that covers the pitching delivery, seems to me to say only the free foot can be raised.  Ohlendorf raises both feet.  While I love the old school windup, how is legal, or am I missing something?

 

(1) The Windup Position
The pitcher shall stand facing the batter, his pivot foot in contact
with the pitcher’s plate and the other foot free. From this
position any natural movement associated with his delivery of
the ball to the batter commits him to the pitch without interruption
or alteration. He shall not raise either foot from the
ground, except that in his actual delivery of the ball to the batter,
he may take one step backward, and one step forward with
his free foot.

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/10025790/v520890483/?query=Ross%2BOhlendorf

 

[Jimurray]

Gents - Rule 5.07 that covers the pitching delivery, seems to me to say only the free foot can be raised.  Ohlendorf raises both feet.  While I love the old school windup, how is legal, or am I missing something?

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/10025790/v520890483/?query=Ross%2BOhlendorf

 

Most conventional windup pitchers have to lift the pivot foot to repostion it in their delivery. It's allowed. Ohlendorf just has an exaggerated reposition. The wording exists to prohibit pitchers from "running into the pitch".

Edited October 12, 2015 by Jimurray

[noumpere]

(Without watching the video ... ) The rule is in place to prevent a pitcher from "running into the pitch" (as they did when the pitching location was a box, not a rubber).  If he's just re-positioning the foot, that's legal.

[grayhawk]

Huston Street does something similar:

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/10025790/v473029083/

 

 

Edited October 12, 2015 by grayhawk

[stkjock]

thanks for the replies gents