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Originally posted by Al
"In your play, you say the catcher gets the ball "RIGHT" as the runner gets there.
Why would you not rule obstruction in this case"?
Scott, I didn't call obstruction because the fielder did not obstruct the runner, but caught the ball outside the base-line then tried to swipe-tag the runner. She would have had an easy play if the cut-off had made a throw closer to the plate, where she would not have had to worry about obstruction, or missing a swipe tag. As it was the fielder played it right but missed the tag. Had the fielder gone directly in front of the runner when she caught the ball I would have called obstruction and awarded the runner home.
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I guess the way I read the play description, it sounds (to me) as if the catcher is probably in the basepath of the runner.
Now whether the runner is on the clay path between home and third is irrelevant as the runner determines their base path as they take off. I have rarely seen a runner "round" third and stay on the marked path but usually get a different path.
I am probably reading more into the play description than you intended.