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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
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.
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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.