- Jun 25, 2016
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I was working a one man game.
Runner on second (R1).
With the pitch R1 takes an aggressive lead, a call ball one is made, the catcher returns the ball to the pitcher. The pitcher starts to return to back of the pitching plate seeing R1 slowly returning to the base she continues to the back of the circle maintaining eye contact with the runner. The pitcher has the ball at her side the entire time. Then R1 stops a foot short of the the base. The pitcher responds with a fake throw, R1 returns to second base. I made a no call because in my judgment the pitcher was engaged with the R1 when she walked to the back of the circle.
Should R1 have been rule out when she stopped one foot short of the bag. Only at this point the pitcher faked a throw.
Thanks
Runner on second (R1).
With the pitch R1 takes an aggressive lead, a call ball one is made, the catcher returns the ball to the pitcher. The pitcher starts to return to back of the pitching plate seeing R1 slowly returning to the base she continues to the back of the circle maintaining eye contact with the runner. The pitcher has the ball at her side the entire time. Then R1 stops a foot short of the the base. The pitcher responds with a fake throw, R1 returns to second base. I made a no call because in my judgment the pitcher was engaged with the R1 when she walked to the back of the circle.
Should R1 have been rule out when she stopped one foot short of the bag. Only at this point the pitcher faked a throw.
Thanks