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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
There seem to be a couple advocating protecting F3. I ask if you would have done so if the batter had run over F2 on this play.
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You would have to determine the MLB ruling on which takes precedence, - although OBS on the BR before reaching first is an immediate dead ball, there are instances where the BR can still be out (such as a caught fly ball) - but that didn't happen here... so
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I also ask for some justification for protecting F3 given that the ball came within about an inch of actually being caught ... by F2
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Because as I see it, F3 would have caught the ball if R1 had not interfered