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to be called an illegal pitch?
Mainly because it’s never called. Also the replant is there but a secondary push off isn’t there. The lead foot is already down.Because it's not an illegal pitch or because it's rarely called?
Looks like it meets the definition, but looking for clarification.
“the act of a pitcher who steps, hops, or drags off the front of the pitcher’s plate, replants the pivot foot, establishing a second impetus (or starting point), pushes off from the newly-established starting point and completes the delivery.”
ANNASDAD wrapped this one up!In my experience, ALL depends on the ump!
For some umpires, the illegal pitch is “their” thing, they look hard for it and they love to call it! For other umps it’s just not and they never call it.
May be some umps here who disagree with me on this but again, that’s been my experience many times!
In last years State Championship the field ump called 15 illegal pitches on the pitcher we were playing, me and my other coach tried to find something she was doing wrong? She wasn’t, the whole thing was a joke, had I been her coach I would have got to enjoy the rest of the game from the parking lot!