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I don't think anyone said anything differently. Examples: Ducking, and not hindering== no interference Standing still and hindering== no interference Ducking and hindering== interference

I'm not maven, but it's the part of the rule that reads "... or makes any other movement..." Ducking is not part of anyone's "normal swing"

I think that was far enough outside the batters box to support an OBS call. This, for example, is from JEA:

It's obvious to someone. But, obvious is not the same as correct.

You can also sell it with more routine mechanics. Out by 10': ho-hum. Out by .1 inch? Still ho-hum. It's an obvious out to me. You can't do this all the time, but you can learn when to use it.

Sounds like the coach is confusing the legal move with "running into the pitch", which involves stepping forward with the pivot foot.

A slow, slight turn is more likely to be viewed as legal. A quick, big is more likely to be viewed as a feint. In between is why we get the $75

Was the plate just white paint on the turf? OR was it a rubber plate? The latter can get a little covered with the rubber pellets, and sometimes it's a way to talk to the catcher, or give the catcher or batter some time, or set the umpire's process in place

Agreed. I can't tell you how many times I was looking up a rule in the book and accidentally discovered the answer to some other question that had been bugging me. Just doing a search for some term to help with the original question would not have led to that serendipity.

It's very clear if you open all the relevant publications

It's not a foul tip. No matter how many strikes at TOP. It's a batted ball caught for an out.

If you say that, then you've opened up a can of worms if the batter hears and asks about it. You are saying yes he balked, but I didn't (want to) call it." That's wrong. Use phrasing like 'he's very close to a balk for not stopping" or "slow him down so I don't have to decide"

None of that matters. all that matters is whether the runner was advancing or attempting an advance or feinting an advance (or whatever the specific words are). I agree we can't see it and have only the OPs words to go by.

Reference, please. As long as the pivot foot comes off the rubber as part of the feint to second, and the free foot lands behind the rubber, this is a good move. I see both of those happening.

Agreed -- and I should have been more clear in my description. I couldn't see that either on my screen.

Was time out? I can't really tell on my system. Nor can I tell whether R1 was attempting to advance (the specific wording varies by code, but my guess is that this was OBR and not FED -- not many FED games played with meters / metres shown on the outfield fence). If he was, then the pick is legal; if he wasn't , then it's a balk.

If it's not a foul tip, it's a foul ball (and, thus, a catch and an out). A foul tip must be sharp and direct. Yours wasn't. Ergo.....

Until the defense appeals, he hasn't left early -- so the umpire would do exactly the same thing.

Both. R2, R3, no outs. B3 flies out (out #1). Both R3 and R2 cross the plate, but R3 is later out on a successful appeal for leaving early (out #2). R2's run still counts.

NO. OBS? Maybe.

And the request should be "he trapped the ball" or "he never had possession" (or similar), NOT a generic "get help" or "the runner beat the throw."

Same ruling in all codes. You can find it in the definition of TAG in OBR. I am more concerned by:

An appeal can also be a force out (although the play in question isn't). But, this is also a "following runner" play, and no runner who follows the runner who makes the third out can score. If ANY of the three exceptions apply, the run doesn't count.

No sense going back and forth on this, so I'll just say A2D.

Still wrong. RHP F1 can just turn behind him and throw to first. And, of course, the free foot must come off the ground to do this. But, the move mist be continuous and immediate (one definition of "direct"). Picking the foot up toward the balance point restricts a pitcher from throwing to the base behind him; making a move wihtout lifting the foot to the balance point is legal.