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re: Vanderbilt pitcher windup question.
Posted on 3/16/14 at 9:35 am to Ponchy Tiger
Posted on 3/16/14 at 9:35 am to Ponchy Tiger
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Technically every pitch Hunter Gomez threw was illegal.
You admit to not being a baseball "expert" but make a claim like "every pitch Hunter Gomez threw was illegal"? For the record, Skip Bertman had someone from the NCAA review Gomez' delivery and it was deemed perfectly legal, after there was some chatter from a coach whose team had just faced Gomez. True, he had a weird hitch in his delivery but it was every pitch (no deception) and his foot never left the rubber during his delivery which was another accusation.
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Posted on 3/16/14 at 2:34 pm to Double Down
Oddities abound at all levels:
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Baseball rule question In watching the Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh game yesterday Atlanta had a relief pitcher (Jordan Walden I believe) who has a very unusual delivery. I have never seen anything like it. Before releasing any pitch he would take a little hop resulting in both feet being off the ground when he would release the ball. This would appear to be illegal to me. What would stop him (other than laws of gravity) from leaping outside the pitcher's circle before delivering the ball, bringing him much closer to home plate? Rule 8.01 (a) says: 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. ... 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. However when discussing pitching from the set position the rule makes no mention of keeping both feet on the ground. I always was under the impression that the pitcher had to have his pivot foot on the rubber when he released the ball. Is this not the case?
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Posted on 3/16/14 at 6:13 pm to LSUTigers1986
quote:He wouldn't (or more accurately, shouldn't) pitch from the wind up with a runner on base, so it's really not an issue.
What would suddenly make it a balk if he pitched like that from the wind up with a runner on base?
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