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Originally Posted by cblacker
It's a little misleading. It does NOT mean that your first baseman holds the runner on instead of playing behind. It means that your pitcher will try to vary his delivery to throw off the timing of the base runner, employ a slide step, etc. It makes it less likely for a base stealer to get a good jump, but lowers your pitcher's effectiveness slightly.
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I've always understood it to mean this.