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Originally Posted by mbyron
The fielder's protection ends when the ball gets past him. Your fielder was, as you've described it, clearly guilty of OBS. And yes, as "unreasonable" as it might be, a fielder IS expected to "disappear" if he should miss the ball. See Rule 2.00 "Obstruction (Comment)":
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I agree.
Since the fielder has an absolute right to field the batted ball, he has an absolute duty not to obstruct if he doesn't field the ball.