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Originally Posted by DG
Learned a new word today... Had to look it up...puerile.
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DG,
As always, I blame the Jesuits!
I actually had a "1st to 3rd" pick-off move in a game last year, and I'll tell ya', it was kind of WEIRD.
Very early season HS Varsity game, around the 3rd inning, tall, lanky LHP on the mound, R1 & R3 with 1 out. I'm on the bases.
The F1 initiates a decent move to 1B, and as I am stepping up and pivoting to call the play at 1st, he very "smoothly" fakes a throw to 1st and begins pivoting back to 3rd.
As I am nimbly pivoting back towards 3rd following his motion, I am thinking something like, "Ahhh. The old 1st to 3rd... WTF? He can't do THAT!" before I manage to sputter, "THAT'S A BALK!" in a tone that might be characterized as "surprised indignation".
Thankfully, the move had apparently "brain-locked" the OHC in the 3rd base coaching box a bit as well, because I managed to beat his outraged complaint by about a tenth of a second, and he morphed it into a "Thank YOU" that really conveyed more of a "About freakin' TIME" sense than any sort of true gratitude.
PU never said "Jack".
The pitcher just kind of "hung his head" and shook it in a "What was I thinking?" kind of way.
Like I said, it was kind of weird.
JM