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Old Tue Jul 07, 2009, 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by fiasco View Post
Were you? Probably not. So, we have to go on our best interpretation.
Don't be so certain of that...

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Originally Posted by fiasco View Post
The obstruction is in the fielder causing the runner's progress to be halted by the fake tag. When the tag is applied, the runner believes they are out and stop their progress toward 2nd base. Thus the obstruction.
So if a player does something like that, is it unsportsmanlike? Would you eject them for applying a "fake tag" as you claim this is?
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