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Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue
In a 14 Y/O travel game today, I was BU. A throw to first on an infield grounder pulled F3 off the bag and into the runners path about 5 feet down the line toward home. The ball was thrown too high for F3 to catch and after it sailed over his head to the 8 foot high fence, the batter-runner collided with F3 and BR falls to the ground gasping for air because the wind was knocked out of him.
I called obstruction at the time of the collision, then I immediately call time because I thought that BR may have been seriously hurt (which fortunately was not the case).
My partner who has much more experience than I, and who I respect alot, said that since F3 was going for the ball there should have been no obstruction call.
I told him that I called obstruction so I could award BR first base in case he had gotten tagged while laying on the ground. My reasoning is that if the BR gets leveled in a collision on a play like that, he belongs on first base and the only way I can do that is to call obstruction. That way if a fielder picks up the ball and tags the BR out while lying on the ground, I award him first base.
Should I have called obstruction?
BTW we were playing High School rules, which I admittedly don't know very well.
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Your partner was correct.
The first baseman has the right to attempt to field the thrown ball.
From your description of the incident, you do not have obstruction.
It is what is commonly referred to as a "train wreck".