Thread: OBS past base
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Old Tue Jul 02, 2013, 07:11pm
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Originally Posted by CecilOne View Post
What MD said is logical, but not entirely the case.
I guess I didn't remember the "a step or so closer to HP than BR" part correctly. F3 must have been slightly ahead of the BR.

Are you trying to figure out if the delay of the BR was caused by F3 with the ball; pretty sure it was not because F3 was inside the line and the BR and F4 were on foul side.

Anyway, my main question is confirming that a fielder can obstruct even if past the base the R/BR is running to.
Okay, let's start with fair/foul ground being irrelevant.

I wanted to know the relationship of the BR to F3 to determine how F3 took away moving inside.

I wanted to know the distance the BR was from the base because there is a difference between checking-up 10' away to avoid a collision and making a poor running decision 30' away from the base.
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