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Alex:
Right or wrong I'll tell you how I interpret "in the act of fielding." I think like a catcher on this play. A good catcher will try to field the throw to a point just in front of the plate to the third base side to avoid obstruction. He won't go up into the basepath to set up and try to field the ball to that spot. If he does then I have obstruction. However if he sets up just out of the basepath and has to move into it to field an errant throw, absent MC, I have nothing if contact should occur.
I guess you need to ask yourself did he need to be there to field the throw, or did he set up there before the throw to field the ball to that spot to block the runner off of the plate.
Tim.
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