Ruling?

[Rich Ives]

R1. Ball popped int CF. Right in R1's line of vision.

Runner doesn't know where the ball is and gets faked out by a deke at 2B.

But on a hit & run the runner HAS to know where the ball is. That's part of his job..

That's on the runner.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Welpe

That's not how I'm reading it. If he physically obstructs the runner, then sure that's OBS but all I'm seeing in this is an action to make the runner think there's a play being made on him. That's a deke and legal in OBR.

That's the way I was reading it.