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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees
...how about the cutoff guy in the middle of the diamond throwing up his glove as if to catch the ball, then letting it go through? How about the infielder simulating a catch and tag at one base when the throw went to another? How about that "fake to third, throw to first" pickoff move?
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All of those moves represent deception on the part of the defensive team--"maybe they'll think I'm doing that, when I'm really doing this"; the offensive team puts themselves at a disadvantage if they're not paying close enough attention to know what's really happening.
By contrast, arod's ploy was, as an offensive player, to pretend to
be a defensive player. It would be akin to, say, an on-deck batter tossing a spare baseball into the area where the actual ball in play has gotten away from the catcher. An interference call should have been made.