Assertion: pitcher's foot | /r/HasProperty | back
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text: The snap throw is when the pitcher quickly lifts his back foot behind the pitching rubber and slings the ball to the first baseman.
text: At this time there was no mound but a box that was 6 feet long and 4 feet wide and the pitcher was required to keep his back foot anywhere on the back of the 4 foot wide box when he delivered.
text: The snap throw is when the pitcher quickly lifts his back foot behind the pitching rubber and slings the ball to the first baseman.
text: At this time there was no mound but a box that was 6 feet long and 4 feet wide and the pitcher was required to keep his back foot anywhere on the back of the 4 foot wide box when he delivered.
text: In 1893, the box was abolished and a mound was instituted where a 24 inch rubber plate that the pitcher was required to be touching with his back foot was located.
text: But this was still not enough, so in 1887, a new rule required a pitcher to keep his back foot on a line that was 55 and one-half feet from the plate.