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Originally Posted by Paul L
So what do you say to DC when he comes out and says "Excuse me, Mr. Umpire, sir, but even if my fielder's pushing the runner off the base was intentional, how can you call obstruction when my fielder was in the act of fielding a ball?"
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Not everything a fielder does when fielding a batted ball is legal. He can't punch a runner in the nose, for example.
The runner's right to remain on the base must mean something. To me, it means that the fielder cannot deliberately move him off the base.