What Would You Do? Part III

[basejester]

 

It also only applies to the catcher. The pitcher does not get immunity from obstruction.

That's why I quoted it in the first place: to rebutt the notion that it applies in the OP.

[johnnyg08]

No rulebooks here at work but if memory serves me correctly, ball deflected by one fielder and another has a chance to legitimately field it....most definitely protected. Cover by rule. Someone help me out here with the citation.

It has to go further than merely fielding the ball. Under OBR, Evans says that the defensive player must also have an opportunity to retire a runner.

[Chris Hickman]

OBS, but to me what separated great umpires from the rest of the pack is that SOMEONE needs to step up and make a call.. one way or an other.

This is one of those 5% of the time plays that I would love to nail in front of an evaluator.

[jkumpire]

 

No rulebooks here at work but if memory serves me correctly, ball deflected by one fielder and another has a chance to legitimately field it....most definitely protected. Cover by rule. Someone help me out here with the citation.

It has to go further than merely fielding the ball. Under OBR, Evans says that the defensive player must also have an opportunity to retire a runner.

 

 

The whole point of the OBS call is that he did have a chance to make a putout, and instead kicked the ball right in front of the BR who is in his running lane legally to get to 1B.