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Originally posted by greymule
I posed a similar question a couple of months ago in baseball, where with 2 out and runners on 1B and 2B, the batter hits a hard one-hopper to F5. The runner from 2B, miles from 3B, trips over F6 just before F5 steps on 3B for the force. The general agreement was that F6 did commit obstruction, though some conceded that most umps would figure it didn't bear on the play and would ignore it.
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I've never called baseball, but doesn't baseball have a tradition of ignoring "no advantage" infractions? Isn't that different from softball?
However, as I said before, your earlier statement that most umpires would ignore the obstruction in the situation described is a true statement. Technically incorrect, but true nonetheless.