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Originally Posted by azbigdawg
The play was judged NOT to be obstruction. Since it was not, the thought process changed to Rule 12.13.......
thoughts on that? thoughts on the hole in the rule? (If you think there is one?)
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Part of the problem with the OBS is the angle. We really cannot see if the ATR was available. Part of the problem with the EJECTION camp is that we do not see what happened prior to the collision to determine whether the runner had the opportunity to check up or avoid the collision. It is obvious that the catcher moved into the basepath, but that still doesn't mean the runner had no option.
However, no matter how you put it, I still see nothing in which you can rule the runner out.