Play at the plate

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Originally Posted by BigUmp56

I see both yours and Bob's point. If the game were being played under straight OBR then the fielder would still be protected from obstruction if the ball was within a step and a reach.

In Little League and NCAA this would be obstruction, as the fielder was set up in the basepath without possession of the ball.

Tim.

Good point Tim, straight OBR and Fed (High School) allows the fielder to set up in the immediate act of fielding a thrown ball. NCAA was the odd man out until this past year when LL changed their ruling to mirror the NCAA. How long is it going to be until Fed changes theirs also to mirror NCAA and LL.

All these different rulings, and case plays. Pretty soon each of us will need to have a subscription to the baseball rules equivalent of the IRS Tax Code.