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Free foot past rubber on feint to 2nd?
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R2. RHP in set position. Pitcher wheels toward 2nd in a sort of jab step motion. Both feet end up on the home plate side of the rubber. The free foot did wind up closer to second base than where it started. Pitcher feinted but did not throw.
I had nothing. Coach claimed it was a balk because the free foot had to clear the rubber (i.e. end up on 2nd base side of the rubber).
What's the right call?
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noumpere
There was a long thread on this a couple of years ago -- it might be in the college section (or, it might not be). Most, iirc, started in the "this is legal" camp. At the end, most, iirc, converted
Senor Azul
I am amazed at your memory, Mr. noumpere. I think I have found the thread you referred to and, indeed, it was in the Collegiate forum and it was a couple of years ago. It was a thread titled Gaining G
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