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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
There are some HTBT aspects to it, and im not questioning this obs call.. but for the sake of discussion
Softball players are taught to take 1B wide when rounding the base.. and in practice set up cones (or balls or mits) at locations to teach this wide rounding. Proper base running at 1B is rounding it wide.
The HTBT part stevie wouldnt see is if the runner was obstructed by F1.. or the runner was just rounding base... (or if their was that cute little orange base in play HOW that could be obs... being on the inside corner.)
A runner rounding a base wide (even with a player using up the inside corner) is not automatically OBS. The judgement part would be if there was OBS because of that.
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Proper base running at 1B is getting wide BEFORE the base and hitting the inside corner as you push off toward second.
In the next paragraph, I'm assuming you meant F3, not F1.
If the double base is being used, the BR can still use the white bag on a hit to the oufield, so F3 parked on the inside corner can easily be called for OBS, even with a double base.