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Originally posted by WestMichBlue
Then LBR can be invoked WHEN a runner stops. When the pitcher fields the ball and holds the ball any runner going to a base can go there, but if they stop at the base they cannot leave. When the pitcher fields the ball and holds the ball any runner going to a base can stop, but then must decided and go, or be called out.
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And there is the issue. If the pitcher chooses to not make a play, why should the offense be deprived from advancing at will? Why should the fielder who happens to be the pitcher have such a powerful entitlement?
Too much of the LBR in any format is based on presumption. I say take the guessing out of it because, as has been stated here repeatedly by all parties, nothing is
supposed to happen between plays. So what is the big deal, other than the inflated FP egos, if we just kill the ball between plays.