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I keep hoping that when my Daughter is out of middle school ball and moves up to 16u tournament ball, that OBS will be called more often. In a 14u tournament for which we travelled 500 miles 2 weeks ago. Ran into 2 non-OBS calls. One was obvious, one not so obivous.
1st one. R1 between home and 3rd caught in a pickle. F5 in front of bag waiting to receive ball. F6 comes over and stand next to F5. F2 throws to F6 while R1 is retreating to bag. F5 makes a fake tag that cause R1 to slide into the bag while F6 makes the tag. I didn't argue the OBS non-call, I argued the fake tag non-call. Of course, argue meaing, politely discussing. Runner was called out and he would not ask his partner for help. Oh well.
2nd one: Not so clear. Same runner ironically in a different situation in a 1-0 game. R1 at 3rd. Wild pitch and R1 heads home. Pitcher stands on plate waiting to receive ball as R1 is forced outside and tried to touch the outside of the plate - but she missed it. The batter on deck without thinking yells to R1 to touch the plate after she missed it. Before she got back to touch the plate, she was tagged out. I politely as the PU as to why that was not obstruction because the pitcher clearly impeded the runners progress towards home which forced her outside and ultimately missed the plate. He was dead set that there was no OBS. However, with all said, if my baserunner doesn't have the sense to make sure she touches plate, then she should be called out.
On the 2nd one above, would you have called OBS?
Steve
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