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Rich, the catcher never left his crouch to receive the ball,he leaned forward and stretched his arm out and caught the ball with his glove over the middle of the plate. This catcher set up very close to the batter on every pitch, he has been taught to set up where he can reach out and touch the batter from his crouch. If the batter had made ANY attempt at the pitch I would have had the obstruction. I just couldn't remember if I should make the call without a attempt at the pitch. After reading the case play I'm still not sure if I should have made the call. 8-1-1-f says it is obstruction and I will agree with that just wondering with no attempt by the batter if this would be one of those grabbing the smelly end of the stick calls?