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Originally posted by CraigD
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Originally posted by mick
Adult OBR.
Had a player fake a tag t'other night at 3B. Runner did not slide and easily scored.
I called time and walked to youthful [19-22] F5 and asked him if that feint was legal in "this league", knowing that most of the players had jobs in the morning.
Grizzled F6 comes over and asks what's up.
I told F6 and he retorted, "He's young."
F5 was straightned out in the dugout during the next 1/2-inning. 
mick
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Mick,
Sorry, but I don't quite get the point you are trying to make. Are you suggesting that there is no rule against a "fake tag" in OBR leagues, but the guy's teammates let him know that it shouldn't be done in OBR leagues whose players have day jobs?
I had a similar situation a couple nights ago. Nothing was called and the next time up, the offending shortstop took a fastball in the kidney.
CraigD
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Craig,
Matthew F correctly noted the safety factor.
I do not know of any rule that makes a "fake tag" subject to penalty, not even in this particular local league.
Some local leagues make up local rules (
I agree with ozzy6900 that local rules strongly resemble bovine scat.) or may (usually) have an "understanding" (unwritten codes of conduct or unwritten rules of sportsmanship) of what is allowed and what is frowned upon.
Collisions at home plate, verbal abuse and baiting are sometimes considered to be too competitive for some leagues in this area where the players are playing, not for money, but for fun and "bragging rights" (which last about a week after the season).
Because I had not seen many/any fake tags in the league, I questioned the player. I did not warn, nor threaten, that player. I wanted it known that I saw the play, that it didn't look like it followed the philosophy of the league, and that I wanted to understand if it was permitted.
Maybe it went un-noticed, maybe F5 would not have been hit in the ribs. Anyway, that action went away and no escalation was noted.
mick