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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)
Fed rules.
R2 and 2 outs.
Batter hits a clean base hit to LF. The R2 attempts to score. F7 fields the ball and makes a good throw home. F2 is set up in a blocking position on the 3B line. He has to "reach" for the throw to the 1B side of home plate, but "gloves" the throw before the R2 arrives. As he brings his mitt to a tagging position, the ball slips out of his mitt, the runner slides into him and is blocked from the plate. He immediately retrieves the ball without having to change his position and tags the runner before he can touch the plate.
What's your call and why?
JM
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From what you have wrote, I have an out. There is no mention of the runner being hindered or his path being altered. The ball arrived before the runner. I'm interpreting this as he dropped it while in the process of making a play. The ball was within a step and a reach. He picked it up and tagged the runner.
Now on the other hand, if he dropped the ball just before the runner started his slide or several feet from him, then I may have obstruction. HTBT