05-01-2010, 12:24 AM
The way they made it sound, the player doesn't have to be on the bag, but only has to be moving towards the bag (I think the player does have to be on the bag at 1st). Even though Johnson wasn't moving towards 2B when the pitcher made the throw, he was basically pulled towards 2B in order to make the catch, so apparently that's why it wasn't a balk, but it wasn't entirely clear.
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena. ![[Image: ITgoyeg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/ITgoyeg.png)