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Originally Posted by TravelCoach
Thanks for the replies. I guess the question is, why does a dead ball have no effect on the baserunner's actions? If there's no overthrow to the pitcher (which would obviously allow the runner to advance home), why would a ball made dead by the pitcher not have the effect of forcing runners back to their plates? It seems that if the ball is not dead when returned to the rubber, all runners with bases loaded could simply ignore the dead ball and turn their fair leads (they did not leave the base early) into advanced bases and the pitcher would be left with an unmanageable defensive situation.
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Try to understand something. You are MISTAKEN! The ball is never dead when F2 throws the ball back to F1! You are thinking of some idiotic myth that was instilled to you by your dumb coach when you were a kid! Runners can run and your defense may attempt to throw them out because the ball is LIVE!
Now try to remember the following:
Players do not "make the ball dead"! Players and coaches request TIME. The ball is alive
until the UMPIRE calls TIME.