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What we don't know is what the BU saw that caused the OBS call.
Did the runner turn to the coach for guidance on should she run into the catcher and in the process slow down? Was there a stutter step detected to set up for a slide that would not have been necessary had the catcher not set up on the plate? Did the runner change her path in an attempt to find a way into the plate?
As was stated earlier, the runner has to have something changed before an OBS gets called and some of those things may have been seen by the BU while the PU was watching the throw come in.
This may not be an over ruling. It would be as if I'm the BU and I see the runner obstructed rounding 1st on a gapper and there's a play at the plate on an inside the park home run attempt and my left arm is still sticking out, I wait for my partner to make the call then I come in with the OBS safe call.
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