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Originally Posted by _Bruno_
saw this situation during the cubs-cardinals game last night.
little roller down the 1stbase line, the pitcher runs toward the line and picked the ball up when it was foul and almost collides with BR.
now whats the ruling if the pitcher collides with the runner and the ball rolles (untouched) foul.
is the pitcher in the act of fielding oder is he simply chasing the ball ? does it makes a difference if obstruction occurs with a fair/foul ball ?
could this be obstroction although the ball was rolling foul ?
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It doesn't matter if the ball eventually goes foul, the key is when contact was made was F1 the protected fielder and was the ball fair at contact?
If the answers are yes then most likely you have inteference. There could be some judgement as to whether F1 could have reached the ball before it went foul but I would give much leeway in this sitch to F1.