Tangent to passing a runner topic.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Again, isn't that the monkey business that was meant to be stopped by the LBR?

Of course, but there is the provision that the pitcher making or faking a play negates that purpose of calling the runner out, with the "pitcher possession/control".

My original question in the hypothetical OP is whether the pitcher looking at the runner is a "play" or whether there has to be some arm or other body movement. The "But pitcher picks up ball and looks toward 2nd." sentence in the prior topic is what triggered my post.