Correcting baserunning error during dead ball

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

BTW, is it necessary for the pitcher to step off before he makes the appeal throw to first? In a prior thread, the reply was "no", but I recall an MLB play where the pitcher was called for a balk when he did not (a lefty, Andy Pettitte).

There is no requirement to disengage prior to an appeal.

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

There is no requirement to disengage prior to an appeal.

Dash, I found an older edition of Make The Right Call 1994. It has casebook annotations for the (then) American and National Leagues. In the discussion about appeals, it always refers to the pitcher as getting set and then stepping off. As written, it seems to describe the steps required to put the ball back I'm play from the mound (and to distinguish it from a pick-off throw to an unoccupied base which I think is what they called a balk on Pettitte - incorrect as that call was).

ETA: the purpose of stepping off is to reduce the chance of actually balking while making the appeal which would negate it. As you stated, it is not a requirement.

[Matt]

Per MLBUM, a runner can correct a baserunning error as long as he does not touch an advance base after the ball is out of play.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Matt

Per MLBUM, a runner can correct a baserunning error as long as he does not touch an advance base after the ball is out of play.

Right. But once the pitcher is on the rubber, a runner can't return.

So, in Emerling's play (or revised play), I would not allow the runner to return.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Right. But once the pitcher is on the rubber, a runner can't return.

So, in Emerling's play (or revised play), I would not allow the runner to return.

Right. (Never mind what I posted here--I got my threads crossed.)