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This one can still be overtutned I suppose, but JEA says the history is really to protect F3 (or whoever) from a deliberate crash or being screened on the throw. While being screened would generally have to be on a throw from the plate, the deliberate crash part could happen on a throw from anywhere. This fits with the Fitzpatrick ruling Carl published.
However, at the Academy Evans teaches that the throw needs to come from behind. He and many ML umpires disagree with Fitzpatrick's minor league ruling on this.
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