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I'm watching this thread working my way through it for the day it happens.
Allow me to ramble...
Calls (strike ball) are mostly done during live ball situations.. there is no requirement to wait for ball or strike call prior to an offensive action.
The result of that appeal does not affect the steal, i.e. the steal could have been done whether the call was a strike or a ball.
It would seem to me this is simply an error by the defense.
In the case where it is not an error by the defense..say the ump feels the ball was dead he can correct it easy enough... put the player back to the base if appropriate. Until then, the defense and offense should behave as if a ball game was underway.
Sounds to me like this is on the defense.. and nice try at taking a legal steal away from the offense.. next time someones stealing a base during live ball, worry about that and not the ball strike call.. that can be handled any time before the next pitch.
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