Play at the plate

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Originally Posted by Jim Krueger

My bad. NFHS rules. This was going to an obvious obstruction by the catcher but, the ball arrived and he caught it on the leg of the runner before any contact occurred.

Let's forget about contact and focus on whether you thought the runner had to pull up or otherwise adjust because the fielder was there. If the runner was hindered, that's all we need. Contact often doesn't occur, but it's still obstruction if there was material hindrance. A millisecond? At the least, highly suspected t there wasn't some hindrance.