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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Don't remember noting it differently. Once again, though, a lot of this comes down to judgment.
The "obstruction", or lack of, call is base solely on the wording of the rule. It's not up to me to arbitrarily change or adjust it to suite a situation.
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I thought your position on the tripping situation was unless it was USC (e.g. intentional, flagrant, etc.), that since the fielder had possession of the ball, the tag after the tripping would be OUT. I'll go back and re-read that thread. Perhaps I misunderstood.
It seems to me tripping and pushing off the base fall into the same general category; the defense is not making a legitimate play and should not benefit from it.
Whether it is called "obstruction" - well, maybe it can't be due to the definition.
But it shouldn't be an OUT, either, IMO. Maybe this is a 10-1 situation.