Steve and Everyone,
As the umpire who made the call I feel compelled to chyme in. Since the original post is now buried on page two I have revived it. Steve, nothing personal, but I would make the same call again on you or anyone else for all of the following reasons: (1) below are the MLB rules from MLB...
I'm posting this more out of curoisty than anything else. Here's the situation. I was pitching agsinst on Sunday - nobody on base - I'm in my windup - my cleat got caught on something - I stopped my delivery - the ball did not leave my hand. The umpire called a ball. I've been pitching since I was 8 eight year...