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					Originally Posted by  robbie
					 
				 
				Why do you need USC to hanlde this at all? 
 
It can easily be ruled obstruction (at least in NSA) 
 
"Obstruction is the act of a defensive team member who hinders or impedes a batter's attempt to make contact with a pitched ball.................. The act may be intentional or unitntentional, physical or verbal." 
			
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 I was asking about ASA, which i just found in the rule supplement that verbal distraction is a form of INT, but it makes do explicit ruling on verbal "Batter distraction"