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Originally posted by Andy
I had a conversation with Emily Alexander about this very tactic earlier this week.
Runners cannot run into a fielder to "draw" an obstruction call. In a rundown, if a fielder throws the ball and then moves to one side of the basepath or the other and the runner then purposefully alters her path to run into the fielder, you do not have obstruction. On the other hand, if the fielder throws the ball in a rundown and doesn't move from the runners basepath and the runner collides with her, now you do have obstruction.
This particular facet of obstruction requires BIG TIME judgement, but, hey, that's why we get the big bucks, right?!?  [/B]
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EXACTLY! The defenses that practice side-stepping immediatley after the throw clearly understand what to do when they are on the other side of the ball (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). If a runner is in a run-down and keys on the thrower who doesn't move to the side, then we are well on our way to OBS.