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Obstruction
Surprised I haven't seen this happen before...
High level NCAA Umpire evaluation tournament...
Bases loaded, hard grounder to F6 (cheating a little to 3B), charges the ball, turns and flips to F5 at 3B, R2 from 2B runs square into F6's back (no USC).
The ball is released well before the runner contacts F6. My base partner has no OBS on the play.
Don't know what was explained to the irate #B coach, but that night over dinner, he explains it is an interpretation that, if in his judgement, the runner would not have been safe even without the OBS, it isnt called.
Any thoughts?
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