unsportsmanlike act

[jmkupka]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

If time wasnt granted and the runner left the base, how would you not have allowed the out to happen? Just as in your other example, dumb move runner, the ball is in the circle with the pitcher and they cannot leave the base.

I find it exactly the same as a batter calling time for the sole purpose of causing an illegal pitch.

It's been discussed here, and interped somewhere (can't remember which rulebook), that deceiving a player into performing an illegal act is not to be permitted, and could in itself be considered USC...

The other plays in this thread are not illegal, just dumb moves...