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Originally posted by insatty
I guess I'm just more charitable toward rule-abiding runners and less charitable toward not-in-the-spirit-of-the-rule deceptions that gain an unwarranted advantage. To me, if R1 actually falls for the prank and slides, then I have a Type-B obstruction and would protect the R1 to 3B or award R1 3B after playing action stops.
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There is no "Type-B obstruction" in Fed.
This is definitely not obstruction under any OBR rules I've seen.
Obstruction due to a fake tag was originally put in by the Fed as a safety rule to prevent unnecessarily sliding. I don't see a "fake play" as obstruction in Fed.
In a Fed playoff game we had a coach complain when, with his R1 stealing, F4 pretended to be fielding a grounder after the batter hit a pop fly toward F3. We told him no obstruction. A fake play is not necessarily a fake tag, and a fake play is not prohibited under obstruction rules. Faking as if a play is occurring is not obstruction unless the fielder reaches the glove down to fake a tag----period.
Just my opinion,
Freix