You Make The Call!

My understanding on stolen base attempts is that they are much like the second half of a double play. They cannot be assumed.

In other words even if the throw beats the runner and is mishandled or (and I know this never happens) if the catcher's throw is off-line and the runner would have been out assuming a good throw ..... No error is charged and a stolen base is credited, UNLESS the runner advances to the next base.

If the runner advances to the next base then an error is charged based on the cause.

As for the pitching "W" .... I have always heard the starter must go 4 complete.

Thank you, I will buy into both of those explainations. I am obviously wrong on the stolen base issue, I must admit. My thinking was that it would be an error, just like a grounder off the glove. (Which lead to this situation, a grounder off the glove is an error therefore you can assume an out?!? Or a dropped pop up?)

I have heard a couple of people explain it the same as you, which makes sense, I think?????

It shouldnt make sense.......they are Baseball Rules!!
Only thing worse are the rules for golf. Air Mulligans and foot wedges should be called errors??