NFHS & ASA Ruling.

When a pitcher makes a play to release the runners, the pitcher
only has to do something to cause a reaction from the runner(s)
as it pertains to the LBR.

True - False

True.

So this pitcher says, "A minister, a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar..." and the runner <b><i>reacts</i></b> by laughing and laughing and laughing.

And the coach says, but Blue, the pitcher told a joke so can't the runner leave the base?

I'm being absurd here, but I'm usually leary of questions that say 'always'... or 'only has to'... or some other qualifier that is definitive. Is this a question off a particular test?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SC Ump

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Originally posted by whiskers_ump only has to do something to cause a reaction...

So this pitcher says, "A minister, a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar..." and the runner <b><i>reacts</i></b> by laughing and laughing and laughing.

And the coach says, but Blue, the pitcher told a joke so can't the runner leave the base?

Laughingly: Did she leave the base, and in your judgment
was it making a play?

Quote:

I'm being absurd here, but I'm usually leary of questions that say 'always'... or 'only has to'... or some other qualifier that is definitive. Is this a question off a particular test?

SCUmp,

ASA Points Of Emphasis:

J. Any act by the pitcher in possession of the ball in the circle that, in the umpire's judgment, causes the
runner to react, is considered making a play.

NFHS:

R8S7A3PENALTY: EXCEPTION: Mentions only that a fake throw is
considered making a play. In FED would anything else release
a runner(s).

Something I was wondering about.