Look Back Rule

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you saying a pitcher can't really make a "play" on a runner who is on the base?

No... I'm definitely not saying that at all.

I'm disagreeing with the premise that if a certain movement is considered a play wrt a runner who is between bases that it MUST also be considered a play wrt a runner standing on a base.

To me, for the reasons mentioned, the criteria for "a play" are not identical regarding a runner on a base and a runner still running the bases. I do not mean to take that to the extreme, as you have inferred, and state that NO movement can possibly be a play if the runner is on a base. There can certainly be movements that would be considered a play even to a runner on base.

(In either case, though, I don't think the movement by the pitcher in the play at 40 seconds on the video constitutes a play.)