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I had a very similar sitch last year. Obvious (and blatant) OBS by F4 preventing a runner from getting back to 2nd base on a caught fly ball. Ball comes in and I immediately say "Dead ball! Obstruction on the second baseman. You (the runner) - Second Base"
Offensive coach requests and gets time from the plate umpire as I'm moving to C. I turn around and there she is. "How can you make that call?!?! Did you see the obstruction?" Flabbergasted, I say, "Yes." She says, "Then how can you call my runner out?!?!" "I didn't - she's standing right there (pointing to 2nd)". "This is bull$hit!" Ejection.
2 games later I have her again and she apologizes profusely before the game, explaining that she had completely lost her head, and was used to OBS being screwed up in her home town.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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