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Old Thu Apr 16, 2015, 04:54pm
dougprob dougprob is offline
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
Rule is pretty clear. Interpretation, obviously, is all over the freaking map.



Rule (except NCAA) says that if a defensive player is not fielding a batted ball (BATTED, not thrown), and is in the runners path without the ball, and the runner or batter-runner deviates (slows or changes) his path to avoid that fielder, it's obstruction.



YMMV.

As Bob Jenkins most eloquently espoused, if a throw takes the F3 into the runner's lane, 99.9% of the time in any game I've worked or watched, it's simply a train wreck and play on.



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