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Originally posted by Bfair
Jim, you may wish to re-read the sitch referred to. It states pitcher is engaged on rubber and never speaks of him disengaging---merely not throwing to first. The "almost immediately" might lead one to believe he stayed engaged and "without pause" turned and threw to center. I guess it is how the situation is read and interpreted that really would determine how the rule would be applied. Would that not be true?
Steve
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No, that would not be true.
IT *might* be true if you somehow misread it that F1 threw "in the same motion" to second and overthrew (e.g., he stepped toward first, saw R1 break, then threw "across his body" toward / past second). I find it hard to misread that much into the situation.
It's been debated ad nauseum in the original thread. Do we really need to resurrect it again?
I think this horse is dead. IF we haven't convinced you, Steve, then that's fine. Call it however you want on your field. Just recognize that, right or wrong, it's opposite to how everyone else (
afaik) who has weighed in on this subject would call it.