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					Originally Posted by rwest
					
				 I don't have my rulebook with me but I believe this to be a legal play by  F6.  She is in the act of fielding a thrown ball and there can be no obstruction in this case, just as in fielding a batted ball.  Again, I'm going by memory.  I'll look it up tonight, but I do recall that the fielder is given the same protection on a thrown ball. | 
	
 No, not the same protection.