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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
A friend brought me this one. Please answer for all codes...
IFF hit to F6, who glances away right as the ball hits her glove - ball pops out, F6 tries to grab barehanded and slaps the ball into the air. R1 from 2nd starts running and is now in the vicinity of F6.
At what point does F6 lose protection from being interfered with and risk obstruction by being in R1's path? Does this change if this is not an IFF and we have only R1 on 2nd (the difference being that in the first case, BR is already out and the catch may not really be a "play" - where in the 2nd it definitely is).
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I really don't understand your last paragraph. Even IFFs are fair batted balls and the fielder has full protection to field that ball. As long as she is trying to field that ball, and juggling is part of that, the runner can't interfere with her fielding the ball. Now when the ball gets on the ground and is a step and a reach away we start judging the possibility of obstruction.
Rita