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I am working bases playing by NFHS rules. I would like opinion on NFHS and ASA rules.
1 out with runner (R2) on 1B. Catcher drops third stike. B3 takes off for 1B even though she is out and shouldn't run to 1B. Plate umpire doesn't say anything to B3 and doesn't attempt to stop B3. After pitch dropped, R2 at 1B (who took four or five steps toward 2B after pitch released), starts back to 1B. However, when R2 sees B3 running toward 1B, R2 takes off for 2B (instinctively, that is what most players would do when the player sees teammate running toward her base). Catcher makes play at 2B on R2 and easily throws her out. I also call B3 out--double play. By the book, I guess that is correct. However, afterwords I thought about this and this is my question: Would it have been acceptable for me to call dead ball and stop play? Call B3 out (since PU didn't and wouldn't) and send R2 back to 1B. In my opinion, R2 wanted to go back to 1B in the first place and had no intention on either advancing to 2B on the dropped third strike or stealing 2B. Should R2 be penalized for trying for 2B when it was obvious that she didn't want to go there in the first place? Or is it just too bad for the offensive team (double play) because B3 should have never started for 1B?
[Edited by Stair-Climber on Jun 16th, 2004 at 10:47 PM]
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