NFHS and MLB/OBR balk rule and the hidden ball play.

TussAgee11 · #18 (**permalink**) Mon Jul 21, 2008, 08:37am

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Originally Posted by UMP25

OK, this has got to be one of the best examples of FED's rule silliness. "Approximately" 5 feet??? Now how the hell am I gonna determine that? Do I haul out a yardstick--oops, that's 2 feet short--or measuring tape? Can they make it any LESS definitive?

Well, how high is high on the IFF rule. How imminent is imminent on INT at the plate?

At least they are giving us a number... what if they just said "near the pitcher's plate". That would be even more confusing.

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