Obstruction or not?

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Law, I agree with what you're saying: if F3 is in the air at the time of the collision, obviously he had no opportunity to get out of the way. In that case, it's hard to justify an obstruction call. I'll give you HTBT on this one.

In general, though, the burden is still on F3 to get out of the way if he cannot glove the throw. If he lands and makes no effort to get out of the way, I've got obstruction. Agreed?

I guess this helps flesh out the idea of "disappearing." Thank you for that.

If he lands and stands around, agreed, but if it's "land/smack!", nope. The batter runner has a better view of the impending collision than the landing fielder.

This is going to be a train wreck far more often than obstruction.