Sat Oct 03, 2009, 11:15am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)
Michael & Bob,
The following definition of "a play", which is defined nowhere in the text of the rules, appears in the MLBUM:
While I would agree that a "...runner in a rundown..." who is obstructed is properly ruled "Type A" and that the runner was being "played upon" just prior to the obstruction occurring, at the time of the obstruction, he was NOT being played upon.
No member of the defense had possession of the ball and no throw was in progress. The ball was "loose".
JM
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Wow! That's a really BIG stretch.
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