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Originally Posted by Jay R
I had a similar play which brings up a question.
In my play, F3 and the BR collide slightly after a bad throw to first base. F3 starts to go retrieve the ball as the BR starts to run towards second base and there is brief contact between the two players.
My question, does all of the responsibility belong to the fielder to get out of the way of the runner? Or would it be incidental contact? In my situation, it did not matter because the bad throw had been covered by F4 and the runner was not going to make it to second base.
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In OBR you made a good judgement - if you don't think the runner would have obtained the next base he stays put. If you thought he would have made it to the next base award him the next base.
Often times as you described the players are just doing what they should especially if you have a train wreck at first. F3 is just doing his job of trying to catch the ball and the BR is just running to first. Just because there is contact doesn't mean he gets the next base.
Now in FED rules he gets an automatic award of minimum of one base so if you judge obstruction the BR would get second.
Thanks
David