[Rich Ives]

Originally posted by Atl Blue
What rules?

In OBR, I would probably go with "nothing", but it's a HTBT call. F4 was "in the act of fielding" the ball, R1 did nothing intentional, it's probably just a train wreck.

In NCAA or LL, it MIGHT be obstruction. I still have no interference, as R1 did nothing intentional, and F4 is not "protected" on a thrown ball. Both NCAA and LL require the player to be in POSSESSION of the ball in order to block the baseline. However, both have interpretations that say if the player was drawn to that spot in order to glove the throw, then we are back to "nothing".

If F4 did not set up in that spot to get the ball, but was brought to it by the throw, and if R1 did nothing intentional to break up the throw, then I probably have nothing, but you had to be there.

It seems to be a planned play for the defense so I'd have a hard time thinking that the throw drew the fielder there in the sense used in the obstruction interp. The obstruction interp means the fielder was drawn by an errant throw. This doesn't seem to meet that.