Obstruction?-Nothing?

[Atl Blue]

I agree that the play seems planned to draw F4 closer to the plate. That does not mean it was planned to draw him into the baseline.

As I said in more than one place, this is a HTBT. If F4 is running forward to catch a ball that was thrown toward 2B but was meant to be cut off, and he did nothing other than run to the spot where the ball was going, then I have nothing. If he is running forward and stops in the baseline to let the ball come to him, then I don't think the ball drew him to the spot, and I have OBS.

The fact that the play was planned does not mean the throw did not draw F4 to the spot.