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Old Tue Oct 19, 2004, 07:19am
Gee Gee is offline
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The call boils down to umpire judgment and different umpires judge it differently. There is no need to turn your shoulder to see first, just open up your stance a tad.

OBR is more specific as it includes the word 'throw' even though a simple turn under MLB interps is not allowed and could be construed as a feint. I only do OBR and allow a slow turn but not a fast one that drives the runner back.

Again, it depends on the umpire.
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