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Pitcher throws to second with runner stealing
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Guest Chet Walker
Runner on first. Right handed pitcher anticipating a stolen base comes set, raises his left leg and turns throwing to second. Legal?
My view is that if the runner bluffs or attempts to seal the play is legal as a pitcher is allowed to to throw to an unoccupied base if making a play on a base runner. If the runner only takes a secondary lead it is a balk.
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And they'd probably air-mail the ball to center field, causing the runner to take 3B on the error.
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