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Originally Posted by thumpferee
Is anyone gonna answer the original thread?
Where did all this OBS come into it?
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R2 on second, F1 try's pickoff as R2 beats the throw & tag but his foot is on F4 foot that is on the base. F4 tags him again. Is he safe or out?
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Old interp, blocking the base w/out the ball while a play is imminent is okay, R2 is out. I prefer the out if I feel the runner may have been legally caught off base. New interp, blocking the base w/out the ball is obstruction, R2 is safe. I prefer the safe call if the runner may have been blocked off from the base.
I didn't see the throw, so I wouldn't know if it legally took the fielder into the runner's basepath {old rule} or if the fielder set out to block the base while waiting for the ball to reach him {new rule}. It would be one or the other.