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i've had a problem with this recently. after a foul ball or other such dead ball situations, i don't put the ball in play until we're supposed to.
often times the pitcher will straddle the rubber, and one of the runners will take a big lead to entice a throw. i've had to disallow 2 pickoffs b/c the ball was dead. now what would stop the runners from taking a VERY big lead and possibly stealing the next base knowing that the pitcher can't legally get them out without the ball being put back in play. do you tell the runner to "go back" or "don't take such a big lead"? how do you handle this?
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