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I recently watched an American Legion game (Sr) where there was a fake tag at 2nd base.

R1 and a wild pitch (backstop pretty far back). F2 did not throw, but F6 made a fake tag onto the sliding R1. (Perhaps F6 caused R1 to slide with the fake tag as F2 was stll chasing the ball near the backstop?) Shortly afterward when action had stopped, I noticed the BU talking with F6. After the game I spoke with the BU and he told me that American Legion baseball has a fake tag rule, but only a warning is issued (no OBS penalty) and an ejection is enforced if it happens again. This was what he was talking about with F6.

American Legion rules pretty much follows OBR except for where it has its own rules (or allows the different states to set up rules modifications for the purpose of safety). I could not find anything about a fake tag in its playing rules.

Do any of you who regularly umpire American Legion know of this fake tag rule (and can cite it). Is it a rule that is only particular to NYS?