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OK, I'll retract my "blanket" statement. In baseball if a pitcher pretends to have the ball on the mound, its a balk. If infielders pretend to have the ball & cause baserunners to slide, thats a no-no. So in some cases it seems we don't want deception, and in other cases we allow it. Weighing each case on its own, I do not believe the softball guru's would want us umps to call someone out on the LBR because they were deceived. However if a runner ran & was put out on a deception play, then it would be allowed.
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