Obstruction.....

[greymule]

I understand why so many posters are concerned with obstruction. I have to deal with it, too, several times a year, and I admit that on many calls, I'm not really sure. I probably err on the side of NOT calling OBS when I should.

However--

I played LL in 1960-1961, school 1963-1966, Legion 1964-1967, college 1967-1970, and semipro through 1972. In those many games, and in many others I simply watched, I cannot remember ever having seen a single obstruction call. I also can't remember any manager claiming to an umpire that he should have called OBS but failed to. Of course, my memory might be faulty, but OBS seemed like something that existed purely in theory, not in reality.

What has happened since?