Wed Jun 01, 2005, 07:54am
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bfair
While I'll accept Evans' ruling, I'm truly amazed by it.
I'd compare the situation to one where a pitcher in OBR stands behind the rubber pretending to be positioning the ball in his glove while, indeed, F3 has the ball waiting to put the tag on R1 if he's willing to step off the base.
While no pitching rule has been broken, it's unmistakeable that the pitcher's actions are clearly meant to deceive the runner.
So......USING THE EVANS LOGIC, should a balk be called on this pitcher for clearly trying to deceive the runner despite the fact that he has broken no rule of pitching????..........lol
Just my opinion,
Freix
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Apparently some umpires have difficulty understanding what is and what is not a mechanically legal act of deception.
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