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Since we are cleaning out the attic today on rules and scoring ......
Runners on 1st & 3rd ..... runner on 1st steals 2nd. You know the drill, give us the base, or the run.
Is it a stolen base?
* What if there is no throw, just a throw back to the circle, .... ho hum? Is it indifference like in baseball, or do you all give credit for the SB?
* What if there is a snap throw to 3rd? So, there is defense being applied, just not on the base stealer?
* What if there is a snap throw to SS or 2B that is a "plausible" play on the base stealer, but is also really an attempt to catch the runner on 3rd napping with a late jump or far enough off base to get her in a rundown?
In baseball, I believe that it is NEVER a steal unless there is a strong play on the base stealer. But in baseball the base paths are such that you can make that play and still come back home for a play on the runner on 3rd on all but the fasted runners, so "indifference" as a "choice" is more obvious. Softball is a different chess game on the basepaths, and there is an art to getting the runner in from 3rd even in softball when you are facing a strong Catcher, and strong middle infielders with good arms, some savvy experience, and some moxie.
Thoughts on the various examples? Or are they all the same, no play on the base stealer then no SB??
Runners on 1st & 3rd ..... runner on 1st steals 2nd. You know the drill, give us the base, or the run.
Is it a stolen base?
* What if there is no throw, just a throw back to the circle, .... ho hum? Is it indifference like in baseball, or do you all give credit for the SB?
* What if there is a snap throw to 3rd? So, there is defense being applied, just not on the base stealer?
* What if there is a snap throw to SS or 2B that is a "plausible" play on the base stealer, but is also really an attempt to catch the runner on 3rd napping with a late jump or far enough off base to get her in a rundown?
In baseball, I believe that it is NEVER a steal unless there is a strong play on the base stealer. But in baseball the base paths are such that you can make that play and still come back home for a play on the runner on 3rd on all but the fasted runners, so "indifference" as a "choice" is more obvious. Softball is a different chess game on the basepaths, and there is an art to getting the runner in from 3rd even in softball when you are facing a strong Catcher, and strong middle infielders with good arms, some savvy experience, and some moxie.
Thoughts on the various examples? Or are they all the same, no play on the base stealer then no SB??