Interpretations - SP Stealing & Assisting Runner

[IRISHMAFIA]

From conversations taken from this board, I asked Bob Savoie to confirm interpretations.

One reverses what I offered earlier that others had said they received in their areas. I still doesn't make any sense to me, but if that's what they want, that's what I'll call. On SP stealing, if ANY runner is not moving at the time of the catcher's release, no runner may steal a base if the pitcher catches the ball in the vicinity of the pitcher's plate. This means that both must be moving at the time of the throw, but are not required to keep moving. That means that for R2 to steal 2B when runners are at the corners, R1 must be advancing home at the time of the catcher's throw. That should create some strange and tense situations.

The second confirmed that the rule for assisting a runner who has already scored is in effect during a dead ball period just as passing a runner is in effect during that same period.

Hope that helps.