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Originally Posted by PWL
It's difficult to say what he really saw. Looks also as if he saw Winters call of obstruction and Rolen getting up off the ground. If looks as though the ball was left in play as I didn't see any one of the two kill the play.
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The ball was left in play because there was not a play being made on Rolen. The ball was somewhere near the backstop when the obstruction occurred. If they had thrown the ball away trying to make a play on Rolen at the plate, the ball needs to remain alive because there were other runners.