Please Help Me Clear These Up

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by JJ

It's actually a better idea NOT to disengage - if you disengage and throw the ball out of play, everyone moves up two bases. If you don't disengage and throw it out of play, everyone only moves up one base. I'm surprised coaches don't teach this...

JJ

But if you don't disengage an inexperienced ump might balk the move.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

But if you don't disengage an inexperienced ump might balk the move.

And you are saying it shouldn't be balked b/c an appeal, by rule, is not a play? Therefore F1 is not "throwing to an unoccupied base?"

Do I have the jist, or am I (pardon the pun) way off base.

[lawump]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

And you are saying it shouldn't be balked b/c an appeal, by rule, is not a play? Therefore F1 is not "throwing to an unoccupied base?"

Do I have the jist, or am I (pardon the pun) way off base.

By OBR rule interpretation, an in-contact pitcher is allowed to throw to an unoccupied base for the purposes of making an appeal, period.

[UmpJM]

MIB,

ALL rule codes allow the pitcher to throw to an unoccupied base for the purpose of making an appeal.

In FED, it's kind of a moot point because of their dead ball appeal.

JM

[lawump]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

MIB,

ALL rule codes allow the pitcher to throw to an unoccupied base for the purpose of making an appeal.

In FED, it's kind of a moot point because of their dead ball appeal.

JM

Its moot and mute in South Carolina since we don't have appeals...verbal or otherwise!

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

And you are saying it shouldn't be balked b/c an appeal, by rule, is not a play? Therefore F1 is not "throwing to an unoccupied base?"

Do I have the jist, or am I (pardon the pun) way off base.

You're wrong twice, so they cancel each other out.

1) An appeal is a play (the statement in the rule book that "an appeal is not a play" applies only to allowing multiple appeals)

2) A pitcher is allowed to throw to an unoccupied base for the purpose of making a play.