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Originally posted by MPC
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Unfortunately for your position, the OBR rule book cares not a whit about common sense/fair play since it unwaveringly favors the team on offense.
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Well, unfortunately for my position, my comments on the 5' high throw were based on FED interpreting that it is runners lane violation if the act of running out of lane is what caused the throw to be high. It appears that they are following the reasoning of the example I referenced about the steal. I do realize, even though the rule book lawyers here have failed point out the obvious, that the real difference between the two plays is that one is interference with a "thrown ball" and the other is interference with an "attempt to retire a runner."
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[/B][/QUOTE]First of all, you
never mentioned you were discussing FED. All your claims of authority were from anecdotal material from major league umpires. I assure you, from long acquaintance with them, they don't know -- or care -- diddley squat about NFHS rules.
Second, there is NO rules difference between a throw to second and a throw to first. They are BOTH throws. If someone argues that the throw to first comes after a batted ball: Remember, if the catcher does not catch a third strike in flight, the batter becomes a batter-runner and may, under certain circumstances, try for first. Both are throws, don't you see? One is governed by the batter's box; the other, by the running lane.
I assure you, the reason the "rule book lawyers," i.e., the umpires who know the rules, didn't mention a difference between the two throws is simple. There ain't none!
BTW: The mention of basketball was simply to explain what time and distance meant, in a baseball sense. I should have known better.