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Old Fri Apr 27, 2012, 02:01pm
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
Forcing the runner to do ANYTHING (without possession of the ball) is obstruction. You know that. If the runner has to react to you AT ALL, it's obstruction.
Probably a bit too strong, Mike. For FED, anyway, a fielder without the ball can deny the runner PART of the base so long as he doesn't deny ALL of it. That might force the runner to adjust, yet it's not OBS.
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