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Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth
Just to play devil's advocate -- would you know in real life if the opponent is "holding" your runner? I'm not so sure. My understanding of that command in OOTP is that it's just telling the pitcher to pay extra-special attention to the runner, vary his timing/movement, etc. I'm not certain that would be instantly recognizable in a binary way to an outside observer, since the pitcher should be doing some of that already even without the command.
In other words -- "holding" in OOTP isn't about defensive positioning, it's about the pitcher's focus.
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Wow, I wouldn't have thought of it this way ever. I thought it meant the 1B was positioned at the bag to hold the runner instead of playing in normal position.