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Originally Posted by parrot
That was part of my confusion that I didn't understand why he called IP in the first place. I heard him call illegal pitch but didn't hear him say dead ball immediately. When we were discussing it he did say it was a dead ball on the illegal pitch. I asked "Well what if we had hit a home run, would it have been a dead ball?" He said "No, because then you have a play and would have the option to take the result." I was seriously  at that point. |
An illegal pitch is not an immediate dead ball and a pitch is not a play.
Without knowing why he called it dead ball and when, there is no way to tell why.
IMO, the steal of 3rd would stand, based what little we know.