Segura tries to steal 2nd - TWICE!

[Rich]

Originally Posted by David Emerling

Thanks for that information. I found Jayson Stark's column and it states that Segura's actions were LEGAL.

Baserunning adventures of Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Jean Segura - ESPN

Did MLB officially say that Segura should've been called out for a 7.01 rule violation?

When the pitcher was in the "pitching position", Segura actually was advancing to 3rd, not running backwards. Only subsequently, in the course of playing action, did he end up going back to 1st. Which was legally unoccupied.

Are you sure MLB declared this illegal and that the umpires ruled improperly?

Wrong column. He followed up with a correction column.

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by Rich

Wrong column. He followed up with a correction column.

Thanks for pointing out those Jayson Stark articles.

I did some further searching and, yes, you're right - he had a follow-up article after MLB made an official clarification on that play.

The final ruling on Jean Segura's baserunning misadventures - ESPN

[Manny A]

David, there was a pretty significant discussion back when this first happened. Here's the link:

Safe on 2nd, goes back to 1st