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? asked in SportsBaseball · 8 years ago

Would this be a balk?

While Pitching the first motion I do is take a little half step back with my left foot before moving my right foot to the side and then doing my leg kick and delivering the pitch. My coach said it would be a balk but I did not even think in a million years it would be. Is it?

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  • 8 years ago
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    I don't understand what you're describing. I would like a clearer description of which is your pivot foot, which is your free foot, and which leg kicks. I have a couple of questions that would also be helpful:

    - Are you RHP or LHP?

    - Is this a windup motion, or are you pitching from set?

    This MIGHT be a legal move from windup. I'm imagining you're a RHP, you step back with your heel toward 1B, then turn your pivot foot, then kick with your left leg before delivering. That's a legal delivery, since the rules were changed a couple years ago to allow the first movement "back" to be to the side, instead of straight back behind the rubber. But since you're not going to pitch from windup if there are runners, then balking shouldn't be an issue.

    If there are runners and you are in set, this is probably a balk. You can't move your pivot around on the rubber.

    Give me a better description, and I can give you a better answer.

    Source(s): I'm an umpire - I call balks.
  • 8 years ago

    You can't step to the side like that. This is a balk.

  • 8 years ago

    Yes, because you're stepping towards first but not throwing the ball.

    It's legal if you do it with no one on, though.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    yeah

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