obstruction on a pickoff ?

[FTVMartin]

That would be obstruction since there is no play. In FED you send him to 2B.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by FTVMartin

That would be obstruction since there is no play. In FED you send him to 2B.

If there is no play ... there is nothing to obstruct. Fielder/runner contact is not necessarily anything.

[UMP 64]

Bob, are you saying that next year FED rules will change the imminent to having possession, similar to FP softball?

[_Bruno_]

@mbyron:
the ball was fair untill F1 got to the line, so it was juuust foul when it stopped rolling. F1 bend over to pick up the ball when BR passed him on his way to 1b.
i thought "chasing" a ball is no part of "fielding a ball" which makes the fielder "untouchable". so if F1 makes contact with BR at the line its just a foulball ?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by UMP 64

Bob, are you saying that next year FED rules will change the imminent to having possession, similar to FP softball?

Yes on the change, but "I don't know" (or care) on the similarity to FP softball.

Originally Posted by _Bruno_

the ball was fair untill F1 got to the line, so it was juuust foul when it stopped rolling. F1 bend over to pick up the ball when BR passed him on his way to 1b.
i thought "chasing" a ball is no part of "fielding a ball" which makes the fielder "untouchable". so if F1 makes contact with BR at the line its just a foulball ?

"Chasing" refers to a ball that has been deflected. If F1 was the protected fielder, then he's allowed to move to field the ball. He can't be guilty of obstruction (absent some third-world play). If the contact prevented F1 from fielding the fair ball, then it's interference. If the ball was going to be foul regardless of the contact, then it's nothing (again, absent some intent / malicious contact, etc.)