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Originally Posted by msavakinas
K. How about this. Can a fielder still allow access to the bag yet partially deny it when receiving a throw? The wording of this rule is gonna be pretty important. If he's receiving a throw and is still allowing some access to the bag I plan on allowing it to happen. As long as the runner can get to the bag.
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Let's stop this canard now. The
runner gets to choose his path to the base. If he is impeded and the fielder does not have the ball, that's garden variety OBS under the new rule.
Claiming that the runner had some other, unblocked route to the base is no grounds for disputing an OBS call.