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Ruling?
Hit and run is on from our opponent. We are on defense. Hitter hits a fly ball to center field. Can my middle infield decoy the runner by faking a double play turn to try to get the runner to slide into second base?
I know a fake TAG is not legal, but how about this? JJ |
Can your fielder do this? Sure. But if he does, and it changes how F1 touches second base, it's obstruction.
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Got any rules basis to back up your assertion?
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This can be obstruction, if it alters the runner's path. |
If F4 decoys catching a ground ball, that's nothing.
If F6 comes across the bag in a decoy and forces R1 to slide, I'm likely calling obstruction. |
This is going to depend upon the rule set.
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I agree with Rich... not sure I agree with Welpe... in which ruleset would this be different?
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That said, there are many instances where MLB interprets OBR differently than anyone else. Collisions at the plate (until recently) for example. |
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According to my 2011 BRD, Childress says that dekes are legal in all codes except for the fake tag and verbal obstruction in FED. FED has a caseplay that considers the "Miami play" legal. |
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but getting in the way of the runner without the ball, and making said runner deviate from their path is OBS. Pretty clearly in fact. Not actually sure why there's any disagreement on this one. |
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A fake tag is not illegal in pure OBR like it is in FED and probably many of the alphabet soup derivations of OBR. Not even FED outlaws all types of dekes. |
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