Velho

Better than today when I rang up a strike 3... on a 3-0 count We're all human. Just keep working to get better and better.

Thanks for the detail. I was (poorly) referring to a decoy that causes the player to slide, e.g. act like your about it catch the ball and tag the runner out. add : and now that I figured out what you meant by "RIM" I registered and have access. Thank you much @Jimurray

New here so not sure anyone cares too much, but fwiw... in Little League even the decoy is illegal and considered obstruction.

Play at home in todays Pirates - Cubs game that made me wonder. See link below but to summarize, Runner on 1st (R1), line drive to LF, R1 full tilt to score, relay throw gets to Catcher ahead of R1 (so no obstruction) but the catcher, after catching the ball, sticks out his left leg to block the diving R1 from getting to the plate and then tags him out. Call upheld on replay. Thought that comes to mind for me is how does that ruling translates too other situations? 1B catches pickoff throw ball with his left hand and uses his right arm to hold the runner off until he can tag him. Batters out? Feels like it's one thing to block the bag, i.e. catch the ball at 2B on a steel and drop your knee in front of bag, but a whole other thing to actively restrict the runner. Interested in what everyone thinks. Thanks. Link (likely have to go choose the play at bottom left to select "Cubs throw out Newman at plate") https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-pirates/2018/08/19/531266#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=531266