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Originally posted by DG
Originally posted by Carl Childress
I don't understand what this has to do with the original question, which was: Is the Miami Play legal in FED.
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It has nothing to do with the original question. It has to do with the subsequent question of the SS who says "back" while stepping toward 2b and slapping his glove with his non glove hand. The subsequent question was about whether this should be considered verbal interference, and the poster also wanted to know if the ruling would be different between FED, NCAA and OBR. [/B][/QUOTE]All right, somebody put the thread off course. Fine.
Verbal obstruction (it's obviously not interference) is covered nicely in published FED materials:
"Go!" by defense to runner tagging on a fly ball. Website # 12, 2004: obstruction.
"Foul ball!" by defense to runner advancing on a passed ball. NFHS News, #14, 1999: obstruction.
"I've got it!" defense to runner on a fly ball that's well beyond the defender's reach. Website #14, 2001: obstruction.
"Back! Back!" defense to runner. NFHS News, #19, 1995: obstruction.
All published, all covered by the BRD. (You guys should know by now that the answers to rules questions are generally in that book.
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Summary: Almost all physical deoys - "dekes," as they are called - are legal: pretending to field a grounder, catch a popup, glove a throw, or throwing a "popup" into the air on a steal. The one decoy that's forbidden is the fake tag.
Quoted from the BRD, Section 340.