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Ok, now that I saw the play:
1. There is no balk on the pitcher. He did step toward second and did not throw, then disengaged and threw to third, all of which is legal.
2. There was no obstruction on F4. He backpedalled and got out of Segura's way at the last second.
3. How is Braun not out at second as soon as Segura slides back into the bag? Isn't Braun physically past Segura?
And Rich, there was at least one pitch delivered to Braun after Segura stole second, for Ball Four that put Braun on first (I assume only one pitch; there could have been more fouled off before the walk that the video replay didn't show). So are you still advocating that Segura can legally return to first base?
For the life of me, I don't understand how this crew allowed this to happen.
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