Out of play on 3-1 move (FED)

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The last tow sentences of teh ruling are relevant to the play being discussed. My quick reading seems to indicate that these two sentences are the same in each year's book.

It's not called because 99.9% of the time F1 comes off the rubber while stepping and feinting toward third.

My guess is that whether F1 comes off the rubber or not when feinting to 3rd has nothing to do with the umpire's decision to call (or not call) a balk when the pitcher feints to 1st.

I'll bet it has everything to do with the simple fact that nobody ever makes that call - one way or the other - notwithstanding the FED casebook examples.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN