joe morgan off to a great start rules wise...

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not!

in the mets-cardinals game joe morgan made a ridiculous rules comment (what else is new, i know but this one's bad)

here's the situation

the st louis pitcher makes your standard fake to third look to first pick-off move. he clearly steps off the rubber after he fakes to third and then looks toward first but doesn't throw. here is where the infinite wisdom of joe morgan comes in. he says "they" are working on making this move illegal because it is "deceiving to the runner." he says something about not being able to fake to first from the normal postition and how he doesn't think it should be any different with this move. Jon Miller sounds like a rules genius whe nhe points out that the pitcher had clearly stepped off so it is perfectly legal. but joe won't back off his point because even though he stepped off it is "deceiving to the runner" which means in joe's world it should be a balk.

where does he come up with this stuff?

i hope this isn't an omen for how the rules interpretation on tv goes, but it probably is.