At my first college, an NAIA school, we had what we called a "Deke" play in the OF, it worked and I loved it, and I was just wondering if it was technically legal (we always got the call).
Here's the situation: Runner on 3rd, less than two outs. high fly ball in the gap that both the corner OF and CF can reach. One OF lines up directly behind the other, and the first OF runs under the fly ball and acts like he caught it. The OF who was behind him would then make the catch lower to the ground (he usually had to be on a knee to catch it).
The fake catch from the first OF would usually cause the runner tagging to leave early, thus giving my team the appeal at 3rd. Is this legal or could it be called interference for blocking the view of the catch?
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