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Originally Posted by cbfoulds
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.
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The runner can't be called out for umpire mistake and defensive indifference to the mistake. If he is on 3B when the ball is made live then he stays, no pitch necessary. I'm no scorer, but I don't think this would count as a stolen base.