Major League Baseball Set to Outlaw the third to first move next year

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

That article doesn't give us the proposed wording though. If the OP is correct about the proposed wording that a pitcher must step off before faking to a base (and that it doesn't specifically mention third), then it will apply to 2B.

The OP didn't cite a source. The ESPN article I cited, plus this one and this one from the AP, all state that only feints to 3B are affected by the proposed new rule.

If you'd like to research the matter more thoroughly, be my guest.