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Originally Posted by RKBUmp
The case play in the FED book, 3.1.5 covers this exact play and says nothing about stopping the play before it happens. In case play, Coach moved F3 behind the catcher as backup, result is an illegal pitch, ball on batter, runners advance.
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(red color) Of course not, the case book is just illustrating a rule, not teaching umpires.
And it is poor game management to let this happen; and
worse to say ok first.