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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
Wonder if this was in the rules in 1975?
Rule 7.09(i) Comment: When a catcher and batter-runner going to first base have contact when the catcher is fielding the ball, there is generally no violation and nothing should be called. “Obstruction” by a fielder attempting to field a ball should be called only in very flagrant and violent cases because the rules give him the right of way, but of course such “right of way” is not a license to, for example, intentionally trip a runner even though fielding the ball. If the catcher is fielding the ball and the first baseman or pitcher obstructs a runner going to first base “obstruction” shall be called and the base runner awarded first base.
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What I've read: It wasn't in the "published rules" (no CMTs were), but was in the instructions to the umpires (or whatever they were called). Based partly on this (correct) call, the CMTs were included in the published rules.