quote:Originally posted by HawksCoach:
Dash - why are you judging the throw to 2b not an attempt to retire the runner? Cookie describes the runner being half way to second - the pitcher should be taught to either throw to second or run at the runner and force him back to first.
The only way the pitcher can run at the runner is if he's stepped off first. Then he's a fielder and cannot balk by throwing to an unoccupied base. It's only a balk if he does not step off.