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A throw that takes the fielder into the runner is NOT obstruction in NCAA BASEBALL or LL BASEBALL.

Or NCAA or Babe Ruth softball. (Don't know about LL.)

Not all that long ago, it wasn't OBS in ASA softball. I understand the interest in safety in ASA and Fed youth softball, but with this "either-or" stuff, they have created a very difficult situation for umpires.

In the uncountable baseball and softball games I played, OBS was purely a theoretical matter; it simply never happened in real life. Now it occurs seemingly in every game, and coaches want OBS called every time there's a tag play at a base.