Deceitful act or great play?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by tru_in_blu

legitimate trickery

i love this phrase. I love this concept.

The only downside to this is if i end up being tricked!

+10

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Chapmaja:

So you are saying that "The Hidden Ball Play" is not in the Spirit of Fair Play?

The OP is no different that the "Skunk in the grass" play.

MTD, Sr.

This is more like the Miami play. Still legal.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by chapmaja

I do think this is not in the spirit of fair play, however it is also a great play given the nature of the world we live in today.

How would I rule in a game? R1 is out and R1's coach needs to do a better job coaching at 3rd base. I put the blame on this right on the coach. A coach needs to know where the ball is and instruct the players what to do based on the information he/she has available to her that the runner does not have. If the coach says stay and the runner goes anyway, that's on the runner for not listening to the coach.

Is it OK to trick the batter by not telling her what pitch is coming?

[teebob21]

2017 NFHS Rule Changes:

• The baserunner is no longer required to touch each base in order.
• The pitcher is no longer allowed to take a step during the delivery and must pitch with both feet on the ground at the same time.
• The batter is given the privilege of calling for a low or high pitch. A pitch that is high, when the batter has called for a low pitch, and vice versa, shall be ruled a ball.

In case anyone is humor-impaired, these are actual 19th century baseball rules.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Is it OK to trick the batter by not telling her what pitch is coming?

And if a change-up is thrown after a fastball is called!?!? Hell, that's gotta be worth two bases

[IRISHMAFIA]

Love this play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ9cXtvkhrU

[Andy]

Originally Posted by teebob21

2017 NFHS Rule Changes:

• The baserunner is no longer required to touch each base in order.
• The pitcher is no longer allowed to take a step during the delivery and must pitch with both feet on the ground at the same time.
• The batter is given the privilege of calling for a low or high pitch. A pitch that is high, when the batter has called for a low pitch, and vice versa, shall be ruled a ball.

In case anyone is humor-impaired, these are actual 19th century baseball rules.

Did you get those from Irishmafia from his early years as an umpire?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Andy

Did you get those from Irishmafia from his early years as an umpire?

That would be the late 60's, long before there were computers let alone the internet. Was AZ even a state back then

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

That would be the late 60's, long before there were computers let alone the internet. Was AZ even a state back then

Computers were created in the40's. I was programming second generation in late 60's.

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Computers were created in the40's. I was programming second generation in late 60's.

And I was processing tax returns on IBM punch-cards in 1968. And still using punch cards to program rudimentary capital budgeting assignments in grad school in 1980.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Computers were created in the40's. I was programming second generation in late 60's.

Wasn't talking about an abacus

Yes, I should have chosen my words more carefully. I was referring to easily accessible, personal-type computer

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

And I was processing tax returns on IBM punch-cards in 1968. And still using punch cards to program rudimentary capital budgeting assignments in grad school in 1980.

I wrote FORTRAN programs and used punch cards to input them for my programming class in engineering school in the early 1970s.

MTD, Sr.

[tcannizzo]

I've been selling enterprise software since the mid-70's.
One of my customers took his old IBM 360/30 and made a dog house out of it; the panel with the lights, dials and switches went behind his bar.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I wrote FORTRAN programs and used punch cards to input them for my programming class in engineering school in the early 1970s.

MTD, Sr.

Put a diagonal stripe on the card deck.