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Old Wed Apr 01, 2015, 11:02am
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Originally Posted by youngump View Post
But this is not quite right. Even if the runner would have been out by 10 feet if the catcher hinders the runner, we have obstruction. In my case, you'd be returning the player to third and in yours awarding home, but whether we have obstruction does not turn on whether the obstruction was enough to turn a safe into an out. (Perhaps it should be but it isn't).
Oh, I didn't mean it that way, just trying to apply hindrance to the case, badly I guess. Yours is better.
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