[TussAgee11]

I just saw the highlight, so I'm not sure of the exact scenario. I believe one out, man on third. Safety squeeze. Orlando Hernandez made a great diving catch, and the runner was caught almost at the plate. El Duque ran into the baseline, folded his arms, and waited. He casually walked towards the runner to tag him, instead of simply tossing to third. The runner walked towards homeplate, and then pointed towards first. I believe he did a "LOOK!" and then tried to run around Hernandez while he was distracted.

Furthermore, he waited until he could maybe use the umpire as a pick, kind of like in basketball.

Well he was tagged out anyway. He was out of the basepath. He was pretty much out for any reason the umpire felt like.

But, could he have been called out for interference. His verbal command, "Look!" could have worked, and gotten him around Hernandez and back to third (although highly unlikely).

So, did his words "confuse" the fielder?

What think you?