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Old Thu Nov 13, 2003, 04:24pm
BigUmpJohn BigUmpJohn is offline
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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.
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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