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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
The umpire should have simply forced the runner to return to his previously occupied bag when he realized what happened. No bases may be run while the ball is dead.
Tim.
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Bulltwinkies!
The runner had been standing on 3d FOR 2 PITCHES!
While he could have been appealed out after the ball was made live [which, I admit, probably should not have happened UNTIL he had returned, at least to the vicinity of the prior base], after 2 pitches, he's stolen that base fair and square.