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Balk? Must separate hands when stepping off?
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Guest Guest Brian
Hello. HP Umpire is stating that our pitcher who stepped off the rubber, balked because he did not separate his hands when faking the play to hold the runner at 1st (in the stretch/set position). I'm not angry and he called it on both teams. The opposing coaches and our coaches were confused and I've never had this called on us before. 14U with USSSA and MLB rules. All I can find is a reference to "when the pitcher disengages the rubber, he must drop his hands to his sides" in the legal pitching delivery definition. Would that apply to a balk? Just hoping to learn a little. Thanks!
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Jimurray
He wasn’t making up a rule. He was applying literally either because he read the book or was told incorrectly and had no good training. I enjoy asking some of the guys I train to find the penalty for
Senor Azul
Mr. maven, the text about a pitcher being required to separate his hands upon disengaging the rubber was not even in the rule book until 1976. It only appeared in the Notes—Case Book—Comment section a
Thunderheads
it is ......but it doesn't say that, and I don't think that it spells out a penalty of a 'balk' either .....that's all I'm clarifying ......
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