Jimurray

They can call it their way. I’m calling it my way.

No. Dead ball. Runners return. Batter to 1B unless pitch was in strike zone or batter was offering when hit. It can be intentional by pitcher to negate a score.

I had a conversation with Brennan Miller on Refmasters. He signals it with 1 out cnbfigs also to remind himself.

FED has an interp that allows a fake catch of a throw by the outfielder by the fielder on a base.

I wouldn’t call that “codified”. What state associations don’t opt for other shirt colors?

That would depend on the path of the ball and location of the fielder/s.

The “stretch” is optional. A “complete stop” is not. Could be a balk. Could be a quick pitch. Or not.

NFHS requires ejected players to stay in the dugout unless they become disruptive there. If so they go to the bus with a coach. If you have a small roster you might reconsider doing a 10 man lineup and reenforce not doing anything to get ejected. NFHS can finish with 8 with an out in the missing slot.

That’s wrong. DH and defensive player are locked into 1 batting order slot and can’t be on defense at the same time. Aside for OP. Player can’t be restricted for that, only ejected.

If you are only calling the parallel pivot foot windup the “hybrid” you are correct. But NFHS originally called any angular pivot foot position with the free foot in front of the rubber as “hybrid”. Other than a sideways stance with parallel pivot foot, angular stances are legal.

Hybrid stance is legal.

JV or V?

This might be another balk for throwing to F3 off the base. This would be the third one recently where I had an obvious attempt to retire the runner but MLB umpires didn’t.

Might explain the movement of the ball/F2.

If the catcher’s gyrations were due to wind affecting the ball it could be judged not ordinary effort. Wind is a factor in judging ordinary effort.

You and he are missing last year's or maybe the year before Hopkins memo that explained the rationale. I doubt that this a misprint. But even with the phrase in the book last year Hopkins wanted the call on the release of the throw. I think his memo or the POE references the rules committee. How would your guy not know?

That is the exception that still remains. The discussion is about the exception that was removed. It was removed so NFHS could justify its interp of calling RLI as soon as a throw was made with a B-R out of the lane. We no longer wait to see if the throw retires the runner.

What makes you believe that?

We don’t call BI until the runner is safe at the base. If he is out there was no BI. So the ball is not dead until we call BI. We do point at what might be hindrance right away but don’t call and kill it right away.

They removed that this year to make the rule fit how they want it called.

Can’t beat the 4” Honig’s. Going strong for 19 years.

At most levels BUs don’t initiate signals. I suspect at your level you might have to. On the Refmaster site I had a discussion with Brennan about time plays and he says he gives the signal with 1 out situations to remind himself.

So 9-1-a-1-c would apply: "c) Hands apart and then bring the hands together and come to a stop to adjust the grip on the ball before beginning the delivery to the plate." and from 9-1-a: ........"From this position, any natural movement associated with the delivery of the ball to the batter commits the pitcher to pitch without interruption or alteration."

Your FED thinking is confusing you. Hands together does not automatically start the TOP in NCAA/OBR. From the MLBUM: "(3) Facing the batter, hands apart, pivot foot in contact with the rubber, other foot free. From this position (hands apart), the pitcher receives the sign from the catcher and then brings his hands together in a stationary position (“pause”) before beginning the delivery. Once the pitcher’s hands are together, the pitcher is in the “traditional” windup position. If a pitcher uses this windup position, the act of bringing his arms up and positioning his hands in front of his body shall not be con strued as the start of his actual delivery UNLESS some other action is initiated by another part of his body simultaneously and is associated with the actual delivery." The bold is not mine. The hands together and up and step are him getting into his windup delivery position and is not associated with the actual delivery which we then see.

Using OBR and MLBUM in judging this, hands together is not the start of the windup unless it is accompanied with a natural motion associated with delivery to the batter. So TOP is after the hands together stop. MLB is lax as to the direction of the stutter step. I don't know if NCAA would like it.