I was watching a travel ball game this past weekend and I seen a play that I had a question about the legality.
Runner on 1st and is stealing, no outs, catcher catches the ball and holds ball in glove. SS runs toward shallow center field where runner can see her and acts as if there was a flyball hit and she is calling the ball....I got it...I got it. Runner stops thinking there was a fly ball hit and returns to 1st base where catcher then throw the ball to 1st base to record the out.
Is there any RULE that would prevent a team from doing this?
Runner on 1st and is stealing, no outs, catcher catches the ball and holds ball in glove. SS runs toward shallow center field where runner can see her and acts as if there was a flyball hit and she is calling the ball....I got it...I got it. Runner stops thinking there was a fly ball hit and returns to 1st base where catcher then throw the ball to 1st base to record the out.
Is there any RULE that would prevent a team from doing this?