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Had a play where B/R hits a gapper into left center field. The B/R is of course concentrating on the flight of the ball and takes quite a wide turn around 1st base. The B/R then collides with the 1st baseman who is approx/ 6-8' away from 1st base. This of course causes the B/R to be thrown off stride and stumbles to the ground. I then yell OBS with a delayed dead ball signal and awarded 3rd base w/o being put out.

1st baseman argues that he was quite a sufficient distance away from the base(line) to have made a difference.

My ruling: I told the 1st baseman that there is no official baseline and that it is his responsibility to move out of the B/R's way. He basically just stood there and allowed the B/R to collide with him. I advised him that if he at least made an attempt to move out of the way that there would not have been an OBS.

Opinions on the ruling are welcome.

Thanks.