Stealing a base

[Guest Jim collins]

Can a base runner steal a base when the throw back from catcher gets by the picher?

[ElkOil]

15 minutes ago, Guest Jim collins said:

Can a base runner steal a base when the throw back from catcher gets by the picher?

A runner can try to steal a base any time the ball is live, so in your example, yes, as long as time wasn't called or the ball isn't dead.

[noumpere]

11 hours ago, Guest Jim collins said:

Can a base runner steal a base when the throw back from catcher gets by the picher?

Maybe this is a stat / scoring question -- and I'm not sure advancing on such a play would qualify as a stolen base (I'm also not sure it wouldn't -- I just don't care enough to look it up).

More likely, though, this is some sort of local rule that is in effect for, say, 8U, applies only to R3 in 9U and goes away at 10U.

[Gfoley4]

15 minutes ago, noumpere said:

Maybe this is a stat / scoring question -- and I'm not sure advancing on such a play would qualify as a stolen base (I'm also not sure it wouldn't -- I just don't care enough to look it up).

More likely, though, this is some sort of local rule that is in effect for, say, 8U, applies only to R3 in 9U and goes away at 10U.

This would probably be either a E1 or E2, unless the runner is already breaking for the next base as the catcher is starting to throw it back, a delayed steal

[ricka56]

I think the OP is talking about Little League rules...
...of which I have no idea. 

[basejester]

13 hours ago, Guest Jim collins said:

Can a base runner steal a base when the throw back from catcher gets by the picher?

The Little League answer is yes.  It's possible that your league has a local rule prohibiting it for younger ages.

 

[Rich Ives]

2 hours ago, Gfoley4 said:

This would probably be either a E1 or E2, unless the runner is already breaking for the next base as the catcher is starting to throw it back, a delayed steal

It's a stolen base. Mental errors aren't counted as statistical errors. 

[beerguy55]

3 hours ago, Rich Ives said:

It's a stolen base. Mental errors aren't counted as statistical errors. 

Not as described.  It's E1 or E2, depending on whose fault it was that the "throw got by the pitcher".

If the runner went on a slow arcing throw from F2 to F1 where neither were paying attention that would be a SB under the mental error category.