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Originally posted by ozzy6900
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Originally posted by Bfair
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.
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Just for the record, FED 8-3-2
"...When a runner is obstructed while advancing or returning to a base by a fielder who neither has the ball nor is attempting to make a play, or a fielder without the ball fakes a tag (my emphesis), the umpire shall award the obstructed runner (my emphesis) and each other runner affected by the obstruction the bases they would have reached, in his opinion, had there been no obstruction. The obstructed runner is awarded a minimum of one base beyond his position on base when the obostruction occured. If any preceding runner is forced to advance by the awarding of a base or bases to an obstructed runner, the umpire shal award this preceding runner the necessary base or bases. Malacious contact supercedes obstruction."
The FED sees the fake tag as obstruction.
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And, so does Bfair (I'm assuming) and so do I.
But fake tag < > fake play, fake catch, ...
Fake tag is always (FED) obstruction. Those other items may be, depending on what else happens (throwing a potato down the line, etc.).