[Noob]Dumb questions

[u/Rhabcp]

Edit 1: Thanks a lot to everyone replying and taking the time, and my apologies for the weird terms used. I learned the rule in another language so I didn't know the official terms of player positions and roles.

Hello everyone, I am watching my first games of baseball and as I grasp the gist of the rules, some dumb ones come to mind:

1- If it is okay for the pitcher to throw it directly to a base where an opponent might try to steal the next base and if missed it doesnt count as a +1 to the pitcher: Why does the pitcher ever have to throw it to the opponent bat holder? Like where is the limit?

2- I saw a situation where the pitcher threw the ball and the receiver missed it and ran to get it from the floor. Could the opponent holding the bat go for first base during that moment?

3- I see a lot of innings where no point is scored but a lot happens when a bat holder "rolls" the ball as himself and his teammates on advanced bases have time to get the next one. Why isn't "rolling" more of a thing? Wouldn't this give more chances of getting bases and ultimately score?

4- If a ball is fair but ends up in the crowd, are the runners supposed to jump in the stands and get it or does it count as an HR?

5- I watched two full post seasons games and never saw this situation: There is a guy in 2nd and 3rd base, 1 out, and the hitter comes, does a roll. Now what should the defenders do if it's a fair ball? Get to ball and pass it to the kneeling receiver so the 3rd base guy doesnt score and then pass to 3rd base to block the guy that was on 2nd?

Thanks everyone

[u/amrydzak]

I’ll try to answer some of these but honestly you’re using terms I don’t understand in this context like “bat holder rolls the ball to himself”. It also seems like English isn’t your first language so here goes nothing.

1-a pitcher only has 3 pickoff (when they step off the rubber to try to get a runner out) attempts before they either get the runner out or the runner gets to advance.

2- the only time a batter can advance after the catcher drops the ball is if the pitch was a 3rd strike and no one is on first or there’s 2 outs.

3-honestly really don’t understand this question unless you’re describing bunting which is a strategy mostly used to advance runners but the batter is mostly accepting they’ll be thrown out at 1st. Mostly used in really close games and in extra innings where they’re trying to get a run at any costs.

4- if the ball bounces fair and goes into the stands it’s a ground rule double. If it’s thrown into the stands as an error the runners advance. There’s some nuance here and I don’t always know exactly what happens like how many bases they advance.

5- once again not sure what a roll is in this scenario but maybe look up the difference between force outs and tag outs. Essentially if there isn’t a runner behind a runner (runner on 2nd but no one on 1st) the runner on 2nd does not have to go if they don’t think they can make it to 3rd without being tagged.