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Originally posted by LDUB
I don't know the history, but how is this confusing?
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b) With a runner on first base the pitcher may make a complete turn, without hesitating toward first, and throw to second. This is not to be interpreted as throwing to an unoccupied base.
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(2) Runners on first and second, pitcher in set position. Runner bluffs going to third base and pitcher throws to third base. However, runner did not go. Ruling: Balk, pursuant to Official Baseball Rule 8.05(d).
In the first statement, it appears that you have a runner on a base and are allowed to throw to a succeeding base without the runner going there. In the second statement, it appears that you have runner on a base and are NOT allowed to throw to a succeeding base without the runner going there. The ONLY difference, it appears, is the base involved - second vs. third ?!?!