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Originally Posted by Andy
If F3 has to reach or lunge into the batter-runner's path to get an errant throw, the defense has screwed up by not making a quality throw. Why should the defense be exempt from violating (obstruction) just because they screwed up in the first place? If F3 does not have the ball when he causes a collision, it should be Obstruction.
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What you are saying "in fact" is that F3 should simply let the ball sail by which IMO makes no sense at all.
Yes the defense made an errant throw but B1 still has to beat the play.
Let's add a twist. If you are going to call F3 for OBS when he lunges for the ball and makes contact with B1 are you then going to call interference if F3 ACTUALLY has the ball a beat or 2 before B1 arrives at first and B1 and F3 collide causing F3 to lose control.
As TEE says this is a "mess" that FED needs to clarify. You cannot reasonably expect F3 to simply stand there and make no effort to field the ball for fear that if he collides with B1 OBS will be called.
As I stated in my post above I subscribe to the theory that if each party is doing what they are supposed to it's called BASEBALL. I will rule that way UNLESS my umpire association tells me otherwise.
You cannot take all Contact out of baseball. Collisions will happen and not every collision should result in some sort of award.
Pete Booth