Thread: INT or OBS
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Old Mon Aug 06, 2012, 03:08pm
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
What would partner have had if F3 simply ran to the bag? Why OBS?
I'm guessing that the partner assumed (wrongly, of course) that F3 should have made the play on the ball, and that would remove F4 from consideration. But since F3 did not touch the ball, then F4 is still a protected fielder.
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