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Hi everyone, I’m looking for some clarification on a play that occurred during our game this past weekend. We had a situation where our pitcher performed an "inside move" to second base with a runner on. As you can see in the video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zhvyO50Nbe6GoQ9ZqneKyZ4M-t5h3vIk/view?usp=sharing, the umpire initially called the runner out. However, after the play, the umpire mentioned he felt he might have missed it because, in his view, the pitcher's first step was toward second base, and he believed the pitcher was required to actually throw to the base if he stepped toward it. My understanding has always been that, with the inside move, the pitcher is not required to throw to second base. I’d love to get your thoughts on this play. Based on the video, do you consider this a balk, or is this a legal move? Tahnks Sven pickoff2.mov

Let me draw up the situation. Batter is in the box and has a 1 ball, 1 strike count. Next pitch is blazing fastball right at the batters head. In an attempt to protect himself of being hit in the head the batter pulls the bat in front of his face where the ball hits the bat and goes foul. What's the call? I thought that in an attempt to protect yourself from being hit the HBP rule applies eventhough the ball hit the bat and the runner get awarded first base. But in this game the umpire called it a swing and batter had a 2 strike count. WHat's the correct call

Hello guys, We had a game last week where a batter wasn't standing in the battersbox. The pitchers stood in set position on the pitching rubber. Runner on 1st decided to steal 2nd where the pitcher flinched and was penalized with a balk. Coach opposing team said that a balk can not be called when a batter is not in the box. I thought that the balk rule was intended to protect the runner and has nothing to do with the fact if a batter is or isn't standing in the battersbox. Anybody can clarify? Thanks

I was wondering if a pitcher can step and throw directly to third base while runner tries to break for third base while pitcher hasn't started his motion yet. Third base is unoccupied at the moment of steal. Or does the pitcher has to step off before throwing to third.?

So let's say "infield fly" with runner on first and second. Shortstop catches the ball and then he tags the runner between second and third while runners is heading back to second base after he left second base on contact batter this also would be a double play?

Indeed the runner left on contact and already was on his way to second base when the shortstop caught the ball. First baseman just touched his base and I both called the batter and the runner out. So if I'm reading it correct the runner only has to be tagged when he left the base at the moment that the shortstop catches the ball. Thanks for all your feedback. Much appreciated

We had a situation during our previous game where the shortstop catched an infield fly ball called by the umpire. Runner standing on first base. Shortstop catched the ball and threw the ball directly to first base where the runner was heading back to . So ball was quicker to first base than the runner on first. I know the ball is still alive after an infield fly and that runners may advance on their own risk. So in my opnion runner on first was out and this was a double play? Was this the right call?