Couple questions

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by JEL

If using ASA rules, they can steal when the ball leaves the pitchers hand!

This is not a steal... this is the BR advancing beyond first.

[JEL]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

This is not a steal... this is the BR advancing beyond first.

Yes it is, but in the OP...........

[tcannizzo]

This is simply a non-violation of the Look Back Rule.
The runner is not required to stop, even with F1 having control of the ball in the circle. All that is required for a runner is to get to a base when F1 is ready to pitch. Doesn't say which base or how many she may advance to.
If she stops, which she is allowed to do one time, then she has one second to either continue in the same direction or go back to the previous base.
She could go all the way around the bases if the defense lets her.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by JEL

Yes it is, but in the OP...........

In the OP, what? Here's the OP...

Fastpitch for 9-10 year old girls. Pitcher throws 4 balls for a walk. Catcher throws ball back to pitcher and pitcher is on rubber with ball before runner reaches 1st. Runner keeps running to second. Pitcher does not realize this because she is waiting on next batter. Is this legal? 2 bases on a walk. I know they can steal, but only after ball crosses plate on a pitch.

This is not a steal at all... this is merely a batter-runner advancing to 2nd during a live ball.

[youngump]

From your citation of the op:

I know they can steal, but only after ball crosses plate on a pitch.

My guess is that's what was being responded to.

[JEL]

Originally Posted by youngump

From your citation of the op:

I know they can steal, but only after ball crosses plate on a pitch.

My guess is that's what was being responded to.

Young ump gets it!

The OP'er is/was unclear about more than just the LBR.

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

This is not a steal... this is the BR advancing beyond first.

In the old ASA 10U (then 10B only) rules applying to 1 base per pitch if the ball wasn't put in play, this was one specific example of a stolen base that was to be reversed if the player reached the advance base safely.

And, the only way to correctly to mark this play in a scorebook is a stolen base, when legal.