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Originally Posted by jkumpire
JM,
I am not finding your quote in the reference you cited, but that's just me I guess.
My first response to you is that MC is an 'ejectable' offense to coin a phrase, but OBS by F2 is not.
Secondly, if the ruling you are using says you can place the runner based on the judgment of the umpire, and you can "look in the mirror" after the game and say you got the call right, go for it.
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To our good friend and chess player Carl,
I must disagree with you on using the idea the pitch is a dead ball on MC to keep the BR at the plate. This is by definition not an illegal pitch, the pitcher did nothing wrong on the play! I like the thinking, but twisting the rules into a pretzel doesn't work for me.
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If there was an NFHS equivalent of OBR 7.07, we wouldn't have to twist anything. This would be a balk, B1 would be awarded first base, and we'd still eject and call out R3 (Bob's case play on the home run would be appropriate because that's also a dead ball award).
No books with me, so if I'm missing the equivalent ruling in NFHS, someone will come along to correct me soon.