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Originally Posted by Manny A
Whether my judgment or the outfielder's arm sucks, that's immaterial. The fact is, I initially protected the BR to second base, the throw barely beats her to third base, I realize that without the obstruction, she would have made it to third, and I can't adjust my initial instinct. That makes zero sense to me.
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You are allowed (by clinician training) to adjust. What they teach against is continually adjusting based on subsequent playing action.
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
...the determination should be made based upon the... initial play by the defense..
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(caveat: this use of "initial play" is not using the term in the NFHS rule definition sense.)
Well? Was that the "initial play" by the defense?
Nonetheless, we're told by those that should know that using "by how much distance she was out" as your deciding factor is not a reliable indicator, and this can go both ways. As I wrote above, your 15 feet may sound like a dead duck out even with the OBS, but that distance likely would have been covered by the runner in under a second.