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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
You mention there's a brief window called "wreck". I contend this is baseball terminology (and becoming quickly obsolete).
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Mike, the "wreck" term is in the RS. It says, "
When the ball, runner and the defensive player arrive at the same time and place, and contact is made, the umpire should not invoke the crash rule, interference, or obstruction. This is merely incidental contact, or what some persons commonly call, 'a wreck.'" Whether or not it is being phased out in baseball, I'm not sure. I know that LL Baseball (and Softball) still uses the term "wreck" to describe a play where a runner runs into a fielder who is trying to catch an off-line throw before the fielder gains possession of it. They do not consider this obstruction.
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
The "waiting for a tag" requires no timeframe... either the catcher DOES or DOES NOT have the ball.
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Interesting. I've never heard that in any clinics I've attended. While I agree there is no timeframe associated with it, I have heard that a fielder is considered "waiting to apply a tag" when she possesses the ball and makes a move to tag the runner, such as turning her body towards the runner or bringing her glove/mitt down in the runner's direction. In this play, it was too close to tell in real time.