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I was reading the threads on McGriffs regarding the ball on home plate, and I started to wonder about the legal status of a fielder who is waiting on the ball to go foul.
R1 on 3B, B2 hits a little dribbler up the 3rd base line. F2 is standing over the slowly moving ball waiting for it to go foul. R1 is running home and unintentionally runs into F2. (Don't ask me how I know it was unintentional; it just was!)
What is the call? Interference? Obstruction? Does F2 have the legal protection of a fielder attempting to make a play, or as was suggested on McGriffs, has F2 chosen to not field the ball, so there is no play, and F2 is guilty of obstruction?
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