I saw it out of the corener of my eye.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Sure, I know if a runner is stealing. But, I would have no way of knowing if he left the base before the pitcher released.

All (or most) of us have agreed that the benefit of the doubt goes to the runner. But if the runner moves enough to have taken 2 steps, it's pretty clear that he wasn't on the base at the time he was required to still be on the base.

And, frankly, if I think a team is trying to "cheat" the system, I'm more likley to look more closely at a play or two, and give up soemthing on the pitch.