You have to think of it as if a batter is stealing any base not just home.
If a pitch is over the plate (a pitch out is wide of the plate for a reason), a catcher on a runner stealing 2nd cannot step forward and catch the ball over the plate or in front of the plate impede the batter from an opportunity to swing or bunt the baseball. Of course it would give the catcher a better chance of throwing out the runner at second but it’s not allowed.
The same concept applies to stealing home. Chris Burks comment was an idiot comment (he said it would be hard for the catcher to get the runner out if he had to wait for the pitch so how else is he supposed to play it, what if batter swung or if it was a suicide squeeze play, what’s the batter supposed to do Chris??????).
The key is it was a pitch. Just because a runner is stealing home doesn’t change how you can react to a pitch.
Pitcher needs to step off the mound. Otherwise when you get a jump like that you have a good chance of stealing home. The catcher prevented that illegally no difference than if he had done the same thing on a runner stealing second.
If a pitch is over the plate (a pitch out is wide of the plate for a reason), a catcher on a runner stealing 2nd cannot step forward and catch the ball over the plate or in front of the plate impede the batter from an opportunity to swing or bunt the baseball. Of course it would give the catcher a better chance of throwing out the runner at second but it’s not allowed.
The same concept applies to stealing home. Chris Burks comment was an idiot comment (he said it would be hard for the catcher to get the runner out if he had to wait for the pitch so how else is he supposed to play it, what if batter swung or if it was a suicide squeeze play, what’s the batter supposed to do Chris??????).
The key is it was a pitch. Just because a runner is stealing home doesn’t change how you can react to a pitch.
Pitcher needs to step off the mound. Otherwise when you get a jump like that you have a good chance of stealing home. The catcher prevented that illegally no difference than if he had done the same thing on a runner stealing second.
