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Two cases: throw is way offline, pulling the fielder into the runner's path, but the fielder cannot get the ball: this is OBS. A train wreck: throw is a little offline, pulling the fielder into the runner's path, and the fielder has or might have the ball at the time of collision: this is NOT OBS. Not every collision between fielder and runner is a "train wreck," if by that we mean to say that the fielder was not obstructing the runner. I had a situation like this last weekend. R2 stealing, F2 throws over F5's head into LF. F5 lands on the runner, and I call OBS. Coach wanted to know why the contact wasn't incidental (that is, a "train wreck"), and I pointed out that the fielder didn't have the ball, so the fielder could not hinder the runner. Then he asked whether the contact was accidental, to which I answered yes, but accidental does not entail incidental.
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