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I have seen it called when the catcher double-pumped a throw, and the umpire sold the call by saying the catcher HAD to double-pump or he would have hit and hurt the batter! I have also seen it called when the catcher had to reset his feet to set himself for a throw, even though a throw then was never attempted because of the lag time involved. The umpire there said, "The batter better not do anything to interfere with that attempt by the catcher to retire the runner - even if it is just making him move to avoid interference!"
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