Learned 2 New Things Last Night

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by mattmets

I balk F1 for throwing to an unoccupied base. Apparently this has been an issue before, because defensive head coach comes out with rule in hand, where there is a rule comment that a pitcher may throw to an unoccupied base with R1 and R3, regardless of whether the runners are in motion.

I can't say I've EVER heard that not being a balk I guess I've been wrong for years. Unless he is trying to drive back a runner, I was under the belief it is a balk

Tim-

That is a two base award from the TOP. Unfortunately, I don't have my rule books with me for documentation but in the NFHS it's in the handy baserunning awards chart. (I will make the assumption it's the same for OBR)

Matt-

You should never get surprised at what rules a coach doesn't know, I agree with ACE. I had a coach this year that didn't know you could tag up on a caught FOUL fly ball. I rolled my eyes at the thought

-Josh