Reply to "Pickoff move to 2nd with man on 1st"

roothog6610,000+ posts

The answer would be, no, he doesn't have to be stealing for this to be a legal move, but he does have to have made a move that would have created "an impression" that he was trying to steal. So, feinting and then not going wouldn't make this a balk. IN addition, FED rules simply say it is a balk to throw to an unoccupied base except to make a play "or drive a runner back." That one's left wide open for umpire interpretation.

3/8/1711:20 AM

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