Thread: Obstruction
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Old Thu Aug 01, 2019, 08:29am
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Originally Posted by CecilOne View Post
If you assume her chance was nil; then the ruling has to be a between the bases protection.
I don't disagree. And that's exactly what the ruling should have said, not make it vague by saying she's awarded the base she would have reached had there been no obstruction. If there had been no obstruction, she wouldn't have reached any base.
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