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Originally posted by Roger Greene
Pony has a special obstruction rule for rundowns. A miniminum of an award to the next base. This adds a penalty for obstruction if occures with runner going back to last base.
Roger Greene
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1) Just to emphasize that this is for
rundowns only and that it is an
immediate dead ball.
2) I tend to agree with Mike that it is contrary to the runner protection purpose of the rule and might penalize other runners for a fielder infraction. I guess it reflects the PONY half-hardball (like NFHS) mentality. I hope it's not because they don't trust umpires' judgement.
3) How do all of you handle a runner
deliberately running into a fielder during a rundown to try to draw an obstruction call? Is that interference and does it matter what the fielder is doing at that instant?