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Originally posted by mcrowder
DG - teams run the double steal of 2nd/home in the Major Leagues. To say you can't remember the last time you have seen it, you must not watch much MLB.
That said, the rest of your point is valid, as the further below MLB you get, the more likely that runner will be safe at home most or all of the time.
DTTB - I would lean toward the defense getting their choice of the interference out (and the rest of the current penalty) or the result of the play. R2 continuing and getting thrown out at third is a perfect example of the offense actually getting benefit of the interference in the current rule.
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I watch a lot of major league baseball, and as I said, I don't remember the last time I saw a team run a double steal, as you call it, on a 1st and 3rd situation, with catcher throwing through to 2B and runner going home. That is not a double steal, but a suicide situation for the runner at 3B in major league baseball. I also don't see this in college ball and not very often in HS ball. A good catcher and a good 2B or SS can exchange throws must faster than a runner at 3B can go home, especially if the runner must wait until the ball passes over the pitcher's mound before he commits to going home. And he is going to see the ball pass the pitcher's mound before committing to home or he will be easy dead meat, probably in a rundown.