Play from a few years ago. JV game a few years back. Pitcher goes to deliver the pitch. She stumbles and falls forward but never releases the pitch. The runner on second base is attempting to follow the arm motion of the pitcher to leave just after the release. Since the pitcher never released the pitch the runner left early. How do we call this play? It certainly was not an attempt to deceive the offense, it was a clumsy move by the pitcher. How do we call this play. An illegal pitch on the pitcher and the runner is out for leaving early?
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