Dropped third strike and catcher does not throw to first however, First Baseman stands on bag and does not allow runner the bag. A collision takes place. Is this Obstruction? Does the First Baseman have an obligation to move to a collision or contact?
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Dropped third strike and catcher does not throw to first however, First Baseman stands on bag and does not allow runner the bag. A collision takes place. Is this Obstruction? Does the First Baseman have an obligation to move to a collision or contact?
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I just want to throttle people when they say, "But there was no contact!" Had a coach pull that one this weekend. I've got your contact right here ...
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I'd say no OBS. I'll go ahead with my followup post now. 😀 Although it's true that F3 may not be in the runner's base path without the ball (subject to an irrelevant exception), I wonder about th
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Sometime, the time between the act of OBS and the result is too short to actually make a call. You can tell the coach, " Skip, I had OBS if I needed it." And, if F3 intentionally does thi
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