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Old Sat Apr 21, 2007, 12:33pm
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Originally Posted by Steve M
TC,
Go back and read Andy's sequence. F2 did not have the ball in her possession when the slide & contact was made - if I'm reading this correctly. That is obstruction and good umps will call that every time.
If F2 is blocking the plate (w/out the ball) and/or has caused R1 to alter her approach to the plate, I can see and would call OBS. The OP did not make that clear. Just because there is contact does not necessarily mean that there is OBS
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