[QUOTE=David B]
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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
Come on now, you 've been around the game long enough to know that.
We were taught to plant on the inside edge of 1st base which is legal and forces the runner to take a wide turn around first base.
We did this even with a base hit. We probably got four to five guys thrown out at second because of it during a season.
Now its not obstruction, but in reality you are obstructing the runners path, call it subliminally?
Thanks
David
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If you forced a runner to take a wider path, it was obstruction. I agree that you're likely to get away with it, but it is illegalm, and it should be called.