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Old Tue May 22, 2012, 05:45am
UmpireErnie UmpireErnie is offline
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Originally Posted by Gmoore View Post
Speaking FED......
2.36 SITUATION C: F2, (a) with the ball, or (b) without the ball, is blocking
home plate. R1 slides into F2 and is tagged out. RULING: In (a), R1 is out. In (b),the umpire would call obstruction and signal a delayed dead ball. The runner would be awarded the base, in the umpire's judgment, she would have received had there been no obstruction


Does not situation B fit orginal post?
No. In the OP the runner was not impeded. The feilder recieved the ball before the runner slid into her and up to that point was not judged to have altered her path. In the case book play the runner slides into the feilder without the ball, who then receives the ball and tags the runner.
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