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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
How could it be OBS if the defender has the ball? Now, if the BR checked up or contacted the the defender prior to him/her receiving the ball, it could be OBS, but that is not the case in the play.
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I'm still wondering if the BR has a right to touch the orange base. If the fielder jumps up and comes down solely on the orange base, the runner veers to avoid a collision and does not touch either base, do we rule safe as in the case where a runner passes the base (but doesn't touch it) prior to the fielder receiving the ball? In the latter case, an appeal would have to be made on the BR prior to his return to the base.
Is such an appeal a possibility here? Or do we simply have an out at first?