Mon Jul 07, 2008, 01:15pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Houghton, U.P., Michigan
Posts: 9,953
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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
They were definitely "purpose" pitches, Pete. The first couple of times it happened I simply told him that in my judgment there was no interference. Later, when he came out to "explain" to me that if the batter doesn't stay still in the box and makes any other movement, including stepping out of the box, that he's interfered. I then told him that if there was one more instance of him trying to draw an INT call this way, I'd eject him and his pitcher.
Tim.
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Good call, Tim.
Ordering the throw at the batter was a deliberate unsporting act.
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