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Old Wed Dec 28, 2011, 10:13am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
I'd agree on this play, but this isn't an absolute. I've moved up trailing runners because the basepaths were clogged with obstructed runners who should've been farther along on the basepaths absent the obstruction.
Correct: the rule permits umpires to place runners, not necessarily just the obstructed runner, in order to nullify the obstruction.
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