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Originally posted by WestMichBlue
Describe a wreck for us for which you would not call obstruction.
Errant throw which pulls the defender into the patch of the runner so late that the runner cannot avoid contact.
Classic trainwreck.
No more?
WMB
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Nope. Since when is it the runner's responsibility to avoid a defender moving into THEIR path to catch an errant throw?
Agreed, it can be ignored as long as there was no intent by either player to hurt the other (elbow, forearm, fist, etc.).
However, if a runner is knocked to the ground and cannot advance to the base THEY should had attained had there not been that fielder chasing a bad throw, why would you allow the defense to gain an advantage. Protect the runner to 1B if in your opinion the runner would have reached it safely had the "train wreck" not occurred.