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Mon May 26, 2014, 07:48am

Manny A

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Originally Posted by Matt

Yep. Mimicking offensive personnel or speaking directly to the runner is where verbal obstruction happens.

Well, I find it too nitpicky that yelling, "Get back, get back," is cause for a violation, but yelling, "I got it, I got it!" is perfectly acceptable. There is no play to be made on the thrown ball, so the comment is purely meant to send the runner back.

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