Advancing to 2nd after a walk

Question
Can you explain the rule of a runner advancing to 2nd base after a walk. Say third base is occupied and  the batter walks and goes to second and does mot stopp . What can be done to not allow her to advance. If pitcher has ball in circle, can she still advance?

Thank you

Jon Erdman

Answer
There is no rule that requires a runner to stop at a base when the ball is in the circle.  The only thing the ball is the circle does is force the runner to choose a base if they stop in the base path while the ball is in the circle.  This choice must be done immediatly.

Jon,  I just do rules and scoring.  The next two questions of yours are coaching questions and I must defer to someone else.

Tom