Thread: Obstruction
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Old Tue May 14, 2013, 12:16pm
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
There's simply no way to calculate every single decision and what would have been different from what actually played out. MUCH more accurate to see the positions of the ball, fielder, and runner and decide right then... "absent that obstruction, the runner would have gotten to third".
Well ... we can't know for sure what would have happened. But, in baseball, we're instructed to use our experience, common sense and judgment to award bases.
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