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Originally Posted by chapmaja
I actually had this situation in a MS game last year, as a single umpire. In that case, the pitcher stumbled and failed to release the ball. No IP was called however because as the pitcher stumbled I saw that the runner on second was about 5 strides off second base. That one was obvious that the runner left early...
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In that case where the runner clearly left early, you should have called No Pitch well before the pitcher stumbled.
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