Obstruction or Interference? Tricky call

[LMan]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Once a fielder has the ball, it is impossible (or nearly so) for him to obstruct. In the play you describe above, it's probably "nothing", absent some blatant act such as malicious contact (that's not the NCAA word, I recognize) or attempt to hit the ball out of the glove, etc.

Exactly - once the fielder has the ball, he is almost de facto making a play on the runner who is closing on him. So how can you call OBS? And INT would require a deliberate act by the runner, as bob says.

This is spiraling far down the TWP well....