Wasn't she going to steal 2nd on the next pitch anyway. Should have kept her on 1st. Two umps in 10u? Championship Game??
(as an aside, I despise the lookback thing and I have not been convinced it should exist at all)
I could not imagine the game without the rule.
You would never throw a pitch after runner is on base.
Runners have to stay on the base until the release of the pitch. That is what the look back rule does.why? Are we worried about small leads? If the runner is 15" off the bag, throw her out? If we don't want runners to lead before the pitch, then make them stay on the base until the pitch.
So, batter hits a double to left field and rounds 2nd. At what point is the runner required to get back to the base and stay there? At some point, pitcher will have to have her back to the runner, get set on the rubber with both feet pointing forward (no pitching out of the stretch and checking the runner), take a sign, and wind up before the release.You can make the rule the runner has to stay on the base until the release without the rest of the nonsense. If the runner takes a lead when the throws goes 1B-P, if they don't return to the base by the time the pitch is released, they're out.
None of this subjective "hesitation" nonsense.
by the time the next pitch is released. If you're not on the base, you're out. It's not complicated. Just make her go back. What's the benefit of trying to allow "Stolen bases" or whatever we're calling that, after the balls back to the pitcher? Does this happen often?So, batter hits a double to left field and rounds 2nd. At what point is the runner required to get back to the base and stay there? At some point, pitcher will have to have her back to the runner, get set on the rubber with both feet pointing forward (no pitching out of the stretch and checking the runner), take a sign, and wind up before the release.
Ok. So that runner who rounded 2nd on the double can stand a few feet off the base while the ball is returned to the pitcher. So she either has to get back in contact with 2nd or make her way to 3rd and be in contact with the bag by the instant the next pitch is released. Correct?by the time the next pitch is released. If you're not on the base, you're out. It's not complicated. Just make her go back. What's the benefit of trying to allow "Stolen bases" or whatever we're calling that, after the balls back to the pitcher? Does this happen often?
If the intent is to make sure each play starts with the runners on the bag, then we've defined a "Beginning" so what's the end? At some point, we have to define 'end', dead ball, time to pitch again.