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Originally Posted by Dakota
WMB posted a thread awhile back asking about the "deviation" thing.
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OBS Again (and again and again etc.)
You might want to go back and re-read that post. The majority of you supported OBS even without visible deviation of the runner. Mike went so far as to critize (gently) me for failing to make the OBS call.
Why is it different now?
The wide, reach-back slide has been almost automatic for college players, and many high level Travel and H.S. players.
WHY? Because of exactly what you see in this picture. Catchers have been blocking the plate for years, and getting away with it. But we are supposed to stop it today. And we can't agree what "IT" is!
Regarding the OP pic - if NCAA game, legal play. If below that, under revised obstruction rule - probably is OBS.
WMB