Thread: Obstruction?
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Old Fri Apr 04, 2003, 03:18pm
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Originally posted by CecilOne
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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
... snip ... So, it all comes down to whether the runner contacted the catcher prior to the catcher touching that ball. If so, it is obstruction. If not, it is a good play by the catcher.
Catcher "touching the ball" or "about to receive the ball"?
NOTE: ""About to receive" is defined as the ball becoming closer to the defender in question than the runner is to that defender."
When there is contact, it's tomayto, tomahto.
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