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Rant on!
It actually stuns me how often this exact argument comes up with OTHER UMPIRES. Otherwise solid and intelligent umpires who insist that the runner has to try for a base to ever have it awarded. It's obscene. Even after explaining to them that if their way of looking at things was right, I'd teach my first basemen to tackle every player that hits an apparent extra-base hit. The response is always, "Well, that's different" No, it's not. There's one rule that applies to that obstruction and all other obstructions. Award the base she would have achieved, people!
Rant off!
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West Houston Mike
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