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This question was also addressed by Anthony Holman and Bob Laufenberger, NFHS Baseball Rule Committee members. Kyle does not speak for the NFHS and is using unsubstantiated interps. Contrary to his and your contention, it is not illegal. It is accepted along with the hidden ball trick, the outfield lead off and the "overthrown pickoff". When properly executed, they are things of beauty.
If Fed says that the responsibility is on the coaches to insure that the players aren't fooled, then that is good enough for me. That is why I said I hated the aformentioned "overthrown pickoff". Some guys don't understand that masterful coaching goes into that play. Absent minded playing and coaching cause it to succeed. It is very skilled execution of a legal strategy.
There are too many arguments against making the obstruction call:
1) Your back is to the play and you need to see the defensive player say it and the offensive player respond. Most of the time the runner ignores him or tells him to F-off.
2) The defensive player could argue that he is telling his pitcher he is getting "back" into defensive position and not holding the guy on any longer. Yes, it is hogwash but are you clairvoyant?
3) We already have a play that says the players can yell in a deceptive way and it is not construed as obstruction. It is also at 2B and involves a runner not listening to his coaches.
4) Just because an infielder says "Bunt" doesn't mean the batter has to do it. Does the runner on 2B have to take a step back?
5) It's just another example of being an overly officious official. The rule and casebooks do not mention this type of behavior. Yelling "Foul", "Slide", or "Hold Up" are very different pronouncements. This is the type of behavior that rule is designed to forbid.
I've seen this issue debated here and on other sites. There are those that believe the players should behave like altar boys out there - no backtalking, cussing or trash talk. At some levels and in some neighborhoods, this nay be appropriate. For the majority of baseball, we let the kids play and ensure that we enforce the rules consistently. Grey areas get us into trouble, like the "Don't do that." comment in J/R. If I'm the coach who hears an umpire say that some umpires might construe that behavior as inappropriate, he's likely to say "Do you?". Of course you'll say you wouldn't have brough it up if you didn't. Then he's likely to ask for the other umpires next game. Those would be the ones that call the rules in the book and aren't concerned with fabricating other ones. A2D, if you want. Call what you see; rule 1 of umpiring school.
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