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Originally Posted by Old Time Ump

"Umpires can't Obstruct"? Now there is one for the books! And Umpire Interference is not the issue in this thread at all. And I believe it was Frank Umont hurrying in from the outer edge of the infield (that was the appropriate 'mechanics' in those days in the American) who tripped and fell on a runner attempting to steal second about six feet short of the bag. Frank was a huge man who didnt have a lot of mobility and the runner was stopped dead in his tracks. What would you have done?
And by the way, those definitions and interpretations which are now published in the Rules Book were not distributed or even codified then. 'Thank Gawd!
And the reason I asked about the runner's manager was I was curious to know if you survived.
I leave you now, 'cause there is no help for either of us.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story, I always say."
Johnny Cash