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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Removed the words: "or not about to receive a thrown ball to read: "when a fielder not inpossession of the ball or not in the act of fielding a batted ball, impedes the progress of a runner or batter-runner that is legally running bases." IOW, the defender must have possession of the ball to legally block a runner's basepath. Any other action, or lack of, could constitute obstruction.
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Good. No more thinking about where the ball is in relation to the runner. Have the ball or get out of the way. Thanks, Mike, for the updates.
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