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Originally Posted by ODJ
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
The FED part of the above is true if the fielder is "denying access" to the base, not merely blocking the part the runner wants to go to. (Yes, it's a strange rule)
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Yes, we must now read the runner's mind of what part of the base he wants.  |
You've got it backwards. Blocking the part of the base where the runner wants to go is NOT obstruction, provided the fielder allows access to the base.
So, we do NOT need to read the runner's mind. We need to judge whether the fielder (completely, and without the ball) denied access to the base. If so, then OBS no matter where the runner was trying to go; if not, then no OBS, no matter where the runner was trying to go.
Sat Apr 26, 2008, 06:37am
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