Baseball situation: Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellbury at first and third ...

[Paulie]

I've never seen a balk with three balls and nobody on before.

I've never heard of that rule.

I don't really see why a balk would even be relevant without a base runner.

 

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Hmmm..I'd fake the throw to second and have either the 2nd baseman or the SS..depending on if the batter is left or right, cut off the throw and see if the runner on 3rd breaks for home..

..or maybe make an immediate throw to 3rd if the runner has a big lead..see if we can catch him.

I dunno...so what's the answer?

There is no "answer" I'm just curious what someone would do. I doubt any kind of fake throw or cut off situation is going to work all that well because of how slow the play is developing with the runner casually walking to second. A quick throw to third and you might get lucky if the runner is jumpy but you are running a risk of throwing the ball down the left field line and again, with the runner walking to second the guy on third has no reason to move at all unless the ball leaves the catcher's hands.

It's embarrassing but you are prolly better off letting the man take the bag.

Pretty scary thought for opposing managers, huh?

I would laugh to the point of shitting my pants to see a baserunner just slowly walking to second.

So would I .... give me Tito's job for a day and I would make it happen.