Today’s Know Your Rules segment focuses once again on pitching. This situation will 100% guaranteed come up sometime during the 2009 season, so be prepared to dazzle everyone. Or no one, whichever.
In today’s situation, Randy Johnson is on the hill and Adrian Gonzalez is at the plate. On first for the Padres is Brian Giles. As Johnson is coming set, he notices Giles getting a big lead. Without stopping, Johnson steps with his right foot and picks Giles off. Is this a legal play, or a balk? Why or why not?
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Illegal, foots still on the rubber right?
Yes, his foot is on the rubber.
sounds like a balk too me since he never stopped his pitching motion.
OK I was wrong. He can do that. This is legal.
did his foot cross the plain and go behind the rubber or towards the plate? If not it’s legal.
legal beagle – not set yet
Triston: he doesn’t lift his leg at all, just as he’s coming set he steps over and throws.
Has to come set for at least 1 second.
Is this an interleague game?
No, it’s a AAAA game in the NL West.
Jackin’ it… from the Cavs beat writer, in a comment just after a post he had:
“Hey guys, I just got a phone call and there’s a big move on the horizon involving the Cavs. The logistics are being worked out right now between the three teams, but I’ll make an official post as soon as my source calls me back.”
and a follow up from brian wyndhorst:
“Alright, no specifics (must protect source), but the O’Neal offer is still alive but the teams are looking for a 3rd team for salary cap purposes (think Keith Van Horn last year in the Jason Kidd trade).
There is a second big deal being worked out as we speak. My source tells me that the teams are negotiating which picks to include, as the Cavs are reluctant to include two first round picks. Stay tuned, but this one might come down to the wire. Again.”
Brian Giles is a wife beating asshole.
oh, totally legal.
the move by randy is legal, not the wife beating.
Windhorst is the man, but god damn I hope he’s wrong.
Sparty it was his girlfriend. If its your girlfriend you can do that right?
I don’t want to live in a world where I can’t beat my girlfriend with my bear hands.
/bear hands
fuck, commenter on the PD was a fraud, nick p.
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Folks:
We just talked with Brian, and this commenter is NOT Brian Windhorst. So anything you see posted by “Windhorst” is not from the PD beat writer. Carry on.
- Editors
Cavs trade LeBron James for Shaquille O’Neal!
girlfriend is totally ok. unless they have kids.
Dammit, I can’t beat my girlfriend and I don’t have any step children. How do I vent my frustration?
Beat your meat