Pitcher throwing to unoccupied base

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by parrothead

Yeah so tell a lefty, bring leg straight up, if they break on your first movement, then swing the leg around and throw to 2B and that is legal? If they dont move just continue the pick to 1B?

Originally Posted by parrothead

Actually thinking about this, whats interesting is for a RHP, in the younger divisions of tourney ball, where they steal 2B on seemingly every pitch when on first a righty could in theory do something similar?

So knowing a runner is going, RHP on mound.
* RHP in stretch, left leg goes up to balance point, he swings it around and throws to 2B.
- If runner didnt steal, its a balk obviously, stepping to unoccupied base.
- If the runner is going, he is making a play on the runner?

You're not the first person to think of this. It doesn't work very well in practice.

These are basically running a pick that steps to 2B with a runner at 1B, which for years I always thought would be a balk,

You're welcome.