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Originally Posted by Andy
That is not what I am saying at all....I am using that rule to address this one specific situation.
Letting a fielder with the ball intentionally trip a runner to make it easier to get an out is not, in my opinion, something the rule makers intended.
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So a fielder with possession of the ball cannot slide in front of an advancing runner to keep her from touching the base until after the tag is applied?
The reason I asked the rule set is because ISF does have an allowance for a defender with the ball, but not making a play on the runner to be called for OBS. Rare, but I guess somewhere along the way something happened to cause that rule to exist.
If it wasn't intentional, IMO, the call would be out. I do, however, find it strange that F3 was reaching for a base that was so far away that a felled advancing runner was still short of the base.