Seattle vs Tampa Bay - 08-06-04 - Obstruction?

[Dave Hensley]

Originally posted by Sal Giaco
Atl Blue,
Until Dave Hensley or anyone else can produce the source, edition year and what exactly they are quoting from, I will stick to my sources - The Official Baseball Rules and Jim Evans... and I'll put those two up against any "derivatives" from a some MLB Umpire Manual. Oh, I forgot to mention another source - a little umpiring common sense - that can sometimes simplify things as well

Hmm. Not sure why I was brought back into this thread, but I will be happy to post the text on the first page of the MLB Umpire's Manual that I have:

MLB UMPIRE MANUAL
PROCEDURES
AND INTERPRETATIONS
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
Copyright ® 2002 Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
All rights reserved.
Developed by the
Joint Committee on Training
Ralph E. Nelson, Jr., Chairman
Frank Pulli
Steve Palermo
Tom Lepperd
Randy Marsh
Tim McClelland
Mark Hirschbeck
The Joint Committee on Training wishes
to express gratitude to the following
umpires who contributed significantly to
the development of this Manual:
Jeff Nelson
Jim Reynolds
Editing, Design and Layout by
Tom Lepperd

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Notwithstanding the MLBUM ruling that says to call this play type B obstruction, I agree with your rationale that the play deserves a more aggressive penalization because of the unsportsmanlike nature of the infraction.

Sometimes you have to not let the rules get in the way of doing the right thing.