[CommerceComet]

In fact, that scenario was what originally prompted MLB to add the rule against running the bases in reverse.

So did someone deliberately attempt a reverse steal in a game situation? Could you imagine the confusion that would result for the defense if the runner broke from second toward first on a pitch?

[Alberta's Child]

That's exactly what happened. It was way back in the 1920s, I think.

The team at bat had runners on first and third. They attempted to pull a delayed double steal, but when the runner on first ran for second the catcher bobbled the ball and didn't throw it down to second. So now the offensive team has runners on second and third. On the next pitch the runner on second runs back to first ... so they can try the double steal again. LOL.