Tangent to passing a runner topic.

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Originally Posted by CecilOne

The "But pitcher picks up ball and looks toward 2nd." sentence in the prior topic is what triggered my post.

Many years ago while playing service ball (which came under ASA purview) I seem to recall the look back rule actually requiring the pitcher to look the runner(s) back.

At that time I was an outfielder on the base team and just starting out pitching on my intramural team. So I was clearly not aware of many of the pitching protocols. I learned from game experience. Didn't have a rule book, videos hadn't been invented yet, so anything I could pick up came from player friendly umpires and teammates.