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Originally Posted by WestMichBlue
If the ball is in the pitcher's hand, you have nothing to stop the B-R from going right past 1B. If you don't stop her, a walk is automatically worth two bases (as it often is in sub-varsity or 12/14U games). If you make a play from the pitcher's circle you risk the runner at 3B coming home. The throw to 1B from F2 forces the B-R to stay on the base. F3 is in position to tag the B-R if she rounds the base, and is facing 3B (unlike F1) and can make a play if the runner breaks for home.
WMB
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The pitcher with the ball has the shortest, unobstructed throwing lane to any base than any other player on the field. With the ball in the circle, the runner on 3B must return to the base or commit to home upon the BR touching 1B.
Did you ever notice at the Div I and international level the catcher ALWAYS returns the ball quickly to the pitcher unless a runner is going?