Application of the lookback rule

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

When the pitcher had the ball in the circle, what was the runner doing? Was she stopped? If so, for how long? Or was she still moving?

I cannot say for certain if the pitcher was in the circle. She may have started over toward the line when the batter hit the popup that ended up foul about 15' off the line and 10' past 3B.

The runner came off the bag with the pitch and got a secondary lead when the ball was hit. She watched the catch and basically stood there. So F5 took a few steps back toward the infield, threw the ball to F1 [in or out of circle?], then someone yelled for the ball to go to third.

I guess the key would be how long did the pitcher have the ball before someone yelled and the runner moved back. Two seconds, 5 seconds?

Runner certainly didn't move toward home after the catch, but didn't immediately return to third due to the confusion on the outs.