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Steve - I like your philosophy and completey agree with your reasoning.
Mike - I agree that this ruling will open up the possibility of some "interesting" rulings by some umpires.
In my experience, teaching the obstruction rule and how to call and administer it is a challenging task to begin with, especially to new umpires.
Adding this wrinkle to the rule is not going to make it any easier to teach, in my opinion. I think it is a good change, but I don't think there will be a consistant application of it across the country.....
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