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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
Good explaination but might not be blatant OBS on the initial play as F2 did have the ball at time of contact. I think the part that might be OBS would be the second part of the play, and I like Bob's explaination above.
If the R2 is making no attempt then it might not be OBS. We've all seen these plays and they are all very different and the new guidelines make it harder and harder to judge IMO, especially for those of us who have called it differently for so many years.
Thanks
David
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So, must you have contact before the ball gets there to have OBS? See a lot of young catchers setting up for a throw by standing in the base path and hoping the ball gets there before the runner. When it does, they turn and tag the runner coming in. Then OC argues that the catcher was blocking the plate before the throw and we should have OBS even when the throw beats the runner by a few steps.