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Originally Posted by ManInBlue
And you are saying it shouldn't be balked b/c an appeal, by rule, is not a play? Therefore F1 is not "throwing to an unoccupied base?"
Do I have the jist, or am I (pardon the pun) way off base.
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You're wrong twice, so they cancel each other out.
1) An appeal is a play (the statement in the rule book that "an appeal is not a play" applies only to allowing multiple appeals)
2) A pitcher is allowed to throw to an unoccupied base for the purpose of making a play.