Thread: Batter-runner overruns 1st base, makes an "attempt" to go to 2nd....
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Old Mon Jan 18, 2010, 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by Stevetheump View Post
I've seen MLB infielders (esp at 2nd base on a hit and run), "deke" the runner in to thinking they are about to receive a thrown ball. Now, IF the runner slows down or stops because of this "dekeing," isn't that "obstruction?" If so, the MLB umps aren't calling it.
Couldn't care less what MLB umpires do. Different rules, different field, different priorities, different game.

And WTF does that have to do with a BR overrunning 1B?
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