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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

I'm not familiar with Slo-Pitch specific rules, but I am fairly familiar with fast pitch rules.

I could be wrong, but I don't recall a mention of the word deception, "deceipt or decieive" as a factor in determining illegal pitch.

The reason I don't like this word is because way too many umpires with less than Championship Play training, and even some with, use "deception" as a criteria to "create" rules citing intent.

I've seen umpires award bases because a SS jumped for a line drive over his head and smacked his glove as if the ball was caught. Reasoning: the SS attempted to "deceive" the runner. Same with an RF who missed a bounding ball, but came up with a throwing motion while the RCF backed him up and retrieved the ball. And God help the catcher who stands idle while a throw is on the way so the runner doesn't think there is an imminent play and then tags the runner out.

JMHO