12u B level Sunday bracket game. Time has officially expired, finish the inning.
Visitors batting, trailing 5-4
1 out
Runner on 1st, average speed
Catcher has average arm but its 12B. I’d estimate 25-30% chance of throwing out an average speed runner stealing 2nd with 5% chance ball ends...
I'm having a hard time understanding why you wouldn't attempt to throw the runner out stealing second. Why would this situation be any different than if it was a 1 run game with runner on first and one out? I don't think any team would just allow the tying run to steal second and get in...
The ruling on the field was incidental contact. I thought obstruction should have been called because the shortshop was blocking the path to second base without possession of the ball and was actually on top of the runner at one point. Also, it seemed to me the second baseman took away the...