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Notice what John said in his last post. He was watching the runner and not the umpire to see if he gave a delayed dead ball signal. Guess what. Neither was any one else watching the umpire for a signal. Only the smartest coaches in upper level ball are watching either. They watch the runner or the ball and only look for the umpire when the play is over.
I agree with Dakota. Show the delayed dead ball signal and then drop it. Running around the infield with your arm out looks kind of funny any way.
I also agree with another post in this thread that you can not decide on how far to protect until the play is over. Say a runner is bumped or slightly obstructed rounding first base on a hit to the out field and then is tagged out on a bang bang play at third. If the umpire decides he will protect only to second (and considering nothing else wierd happened on the play), how can the runner be called out at third if the obstruction kept him from arriving safely. I know this is not the way Oklahoma City teaches but it sure makes more sense to me.
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