Live ball?

[Hobbesfan]

Bases loaded less than two outs. First baseman is not holding runner. Pitcher in legal stretch position, turns and throws in an apparent pick-off to uncoverd first base. Ball goes into foul ball territory, not dead ball area. I ruled live ball and play continued. Was I correct?

[maven]

Correct call.

The pitching restrictions permit F1 to step and throw to a base (provided it's occupied). When F1 throws to 1B without F3 there, he has satisfied those restrictions. Play on.

[mac266]

Yep, live ball.  This is not a balk; it's an error, and we don't kill a play on an error.  

 

[MadMax]

Adding to maven & Mac’s answers… 

Lets pose a different variant to the same question… if an F1 picks and throws towards the F3 (this time) holding R1 on, but throws it cleanly 10 feet over F3’s head… 

… do we call that a Balk and/or kill it? 🤔

[Jimurray]

8 minutes ago, MadMax said:

Adding to maven & Mac’s answers… 

Lets pose a different variant to the same question… if an F1 picks and throws towards the F3 (this time) holding R1 on, but throws it cleanly 10 feet over F3’s head… 

… do we call that a Balk and/or kill it? 🤔

That is not a balk. But if you called a balk you would not kill it yet.

[MadMax]

25 minutes ago, Jimurray said:

That is not a balk. But if you called a balk you would not kill it yet.

In OBR, NCAA, and AZ-NFHS, true. 

However, the OP has a whiff of NFHS about it. 🍣

[Jimurray]

1 hour ago, MadMax said:

In OBR, NCAA, and AZ-NFHS, true. 

However, the OP has a whiff of NFHS about it. 🍣

It does have a whiff, doesn't it? In which case it would be killed except in AZ? Have they gone off the reservation?

[MadMax]

3 hours ago, Jimurray said:

Have they gone off the reservation?

Yup 👍🏼 –