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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
Sure, I know if a runner is stealing. But, I would have no way of knowing if he left the base before the pitcher released.
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All (or most) of us have agreed that the benefit of the doubt goes to the runner. But if the runner moves enough to have taken 2 steps, it's pretty clear that he wasn't on the base at the time he was required to still be on the base.
And, frankly, if I think a team is trying to "cheat" the system, I'm more likley to look more closely at a play or two, and give up soemthing on the pitch.