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Old Wed May 11, 2011, 07:41pm
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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) View Post
rbmartin,

The OP specified FED rules where being in the "act of fielding" does not absolve a fielder of his liability for obstruction as it does in OBR.

As described, under FED rules it's obstruction.

JM
+1

The key phrase from the OP was that F4 "blocked the runner from reaching the bag." That can't be a train wreck in FED, but must be OBS.
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