Situation runner on 3rd base goes 1/4 way down the baseline after the pitch and stops there. Catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher inside the circle. The runner 1/4 way down the baseline does not move. The pitcher then throws the ball to 3rd base and the runner breaks for home.
Should the runner have immediately returned to 3rd as soon as the pitcher caught the ball? If they didn't, should they have been called out or does the pitcher throwing the ball to 3rd qualify as making an attempt to make a play on any runner so the runner would be able to advance?
Would this be one of those plays were you'd have to be there to see and is determined by the judgment of the ump when the pitcher throws the ball to 3rd?
Should the runner have immediately returned to 3rd as soon as the pitcher caught the ball? If they didn't, should they have been called out or does the pitcher throwing the ball to 3rd qualify as making an attempt to make a play on any runner so the runner would be able to advance?
Would this be one of those plays were you'd have to be there to see and is determined by the judgment of the ump when the pitcher throws the ball to 3rd?
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