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Base runner advances to abandoned base
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In girls fast pitch, I have a base runner on 1st base. After a strikeout, infielders (1B, 2B, SS and 3B) go to the pitcher's circle to congratulate (high five / slap hands, etc.) the pitcher for the strikeout while the pitcher is in the circle with the ball. I have recently been told, by an umpire, that the base runner on 1st base can steal 2nd base during this celebration because the ball is still "live" and the infielders have abandoned the bases. The interpretation I have coached and umpired by, is that once the pitcher has received the ball back from the catcher after a pitch and the base runner goes back to the 1st base, the base runner on 1st base cannot leave the base until the ball leaves the pitcher's hand on the next pitch to home plate. Which is correct?
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