Gutty, correct Obstruction call NCAA - See AR 4

[johnnyg08]

 

Edited May 15, 2015 by johnnyg08

[conbo61]

And THAT is why he gets paid the big bucks!

Great job.

[VAUmp]

Good Call

[noumpere]

I had the same thing in a D1 (not SEC, haha) game last(?) year.  The D coach accused me of just wanting to show I knew the rule book.

[johnnyg08]

I had the same thing in a D1 (not SEC, haha) game last(?) year.  The D coach accused me of just wanting to show I knew the rule book.

​What an odd comment by the D coach.  Did you offer a response to that?

[maven]

The D coach accused me of just wanting to show I knew the rule book.

​That's where you can pull out the question, "So, coach, you agree with the call?"

Did you respond or just shrug it off?

[ricka56]

I had the same thing in a D1 (not SEC, haha) game last(?) year.  The D coach accused me of just wanting to show I knew the rule book.

That's right coach...I like to announce my presence with authority.

[noumpere]

​That's where you can pull out the question, "So, coach, you agree with the call?"

Did you respond or just shrug it off?

​Although wordy, I think I said something like, "I'm just enforcing the rules the way the NCAA wants them enforced."

[grayhawk]

Interesting play where we have an out in HS, but OBS in NCAA.

[Thunderheads]

Interesting play where we have an out in HS, but OBS in NCAA.

​huh?

[Mudder]

Not OBS in OBR, correct?

[johnnyg08]

Not OBS in OBR, correct?

​Correct

[Mudder]

​Correct

​Its not OBS in OBR because in this case the throw was on its way (imminent), but if you should happen to judge the throw was not imminent, too far away, then you could, in theory, rule OBS if its OBR, correct?

[noumpere]

I will say on the mechanics, that I would like to see the umpire *just* call the OBS and not signal safe first.  Heads off the "if he was safe, how could he have been obstructed?" argument (which I get isn't valid, but is still made.)

[noumpere]

​Its not OBS in OBR because in this case the throw was on its way (imminent), but if you should happen to judge the throw was not imminent, too far away, then you could, in theory, rule OBS if its OBR, correct?

​If the throw was released, then it's close enough on this play.

[Mudder]

​If the throw was released, then it's close enough on this play.

If you base it on when the throw was released, the throw could be coming from the other side of the diamond, thats too long a time to give the infielder to block the base!

As a guildliine someone once told me if you can judge if the throw is less than half way from where it originated to the where the runner is its not OBS, if its more than half way, then it is.   OBR of course

[grayhawk]

​huh?

​In Fed, the fielder must give access to the base, but doesn't have to give the part the runner wants to touch.  In the video, the fielder only blocked one corner of the base, so this should be an out in Fed.

In NCAA, the restriction is tighter on the fielder, who cannot block the base with ANY part of his body prior to receiving the throw.

[noumpere]

If you base it on when the throw was released, the throw could be coming from the other side of the diamond, thats too long a time to give the infielder to block the base!

As a guildliine someone once told me if you can judge if the throw is less than half way from where it originated to the where the runner is its not OBS, if its more than half way, then it is.   OBR of course

​"Someone" is wrong.

 

If the throw is from the infield, the play is imminent.