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Re: purpose of rule change?
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Originally posted by greymule
Define a wild throw as one which cannot be caught or stopped by the fielder with ordinary effort.
At first, I thought this might be just for scoring purposes or something. But I wonder if this is to prevent a fielder from allowing a throw to go into DBT if the defense would gain an advantage. It could happen: Runner tags at 1B on a long fly, the throw to 2B makes its way through the infield, and the runner makes it around 3B and is going to make it home, but a fielder allows the ball to roll into the dugout. Runner then has to go back to 3B.
Is there some other reason for changing this definition?
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The reason given was to establish a difference between an overthow and an errant throw. An overthrow is known in ASA as a thrown ball which leaves the playing field or becomes blocked.
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