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MLB Pitch clock and pickoff rules

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ElvisLives:

--- Quote from: bama_stripes on April 05, 2023, 07:23:21 AM ---Any throw or fake from the rubber requires a step toward the base.

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That’s what I thought, but it has been a while (30+ years) since I thought much about baseball rules in depth. Thank you!

That still doesn’t answer the question regarding a fake throw to a base: Does it count as a pickoff ‘attempt’ under the new MLB rules? Logically, for the intended purpose of speeding up the game, a fake to a base would also seem to qualify as an ‘attempt,’ but I certainly don’t know. If anybody knows, or can find out for certain, please advise.

Legacy Zebra:
Whether the pitcher throws to a base or not is irrelevant. You get two disengagements from the rubber. That can be simply stepping off to reset, throwing to a base, or faking a throw. They all count the same.

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