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Tony -
Agreed. In FED this could be a correct call. Verbal obstruction. Other codes don't carry this, so it would not apply there.
Have seen batters set up in the back of the box, with a 34" bat and their 36" arms. This can put the catcher 5' from the point of the plate. Lots of space there to drop one in.
Tim - to answer your question. Have not made that call since 2nd year. Can see that I might call it, probably not though. It is not up to any blue to decide that a rule can be ingored and not enforced by choice. If the sponsoring org. chose a rule book and didn't like a specific rule then they would modify it, done all the time by age levels. A blue can decide that the rule does not fit the situation by using judgement, about all of the facts at hand.
Usually the coach will get a warning between innings if a player is approaching the boundry of a rule. Then he can fix it, or not. But he has nothing to complain about when it gets called later on his player(s) or team. He knew and didn't fix it.
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