Thread: WS obstruction
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Old Sun Oct 27, 2013, 02:44pm
Rich Ives Rich Ives is offline
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Originally Posted by Illini_Ref View Post
If a runner is obstructed going back to a base that he had legally touched like in a run-down, is he awarded that base or the next one? Rule says he gets at least one base in advance of the one last legally touched. That doesn't seem right in the case of a runner returning.
It's right. Otherwise you reward the defense and punish the offense when the infraction was by the defense.
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