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1) Plain and simple obstruction.
2) The fielder is required to allow the runner to use whatever basepath they choose... but a runner running at a fielder to try to draw an OBS call is no longer running toward a base. No OBS in that case.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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