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NCAA rules are a little different...
In NCAA ball, the fielder must have possession of the ball to block to plate. This is different from OBR where the fielder must be in the "act of receiving the ball."
An extended fist is not obstruction, only that there is a delayed-dead ball. Obstruction is signaled by pointing at it.
I briefly saw the replay while on the phone, it looked like obstruction to me and had the runner not touched been safe, I would have awarded him home. The contact did look malicious. JMHO.
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