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Old Sat Jun 07, 2008, 05:05pm
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Doesn't that answer your own question? You can't have obstruction if somebody wasn't obstructed.
What I'm saying is the plate was blocked once the ball reached the catcher and the blockage was a result of him standing there when he wasn't in the act of fielding the ball.
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Old Sat Jun 07, 2008, 05:21pm
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So, the whole, entire plate was blocked (obstruction) prior to the catcher receiving the ball?
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Old Sat Jun 07, 2008, 06:59pm
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So, the whole, entire plate was blocked (obstruction) prior to the catcher receiving the ball?
It is not obstruction if the runner is not there! Before the runner gets there he can stand wherever he wants and block whatever he wants.
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Old Sat Jun 07, 2008, 09:20pm
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I can't see obstruction by a catcher standing on top of the plate. Some of the plate is available to the runner. If he comes in sliding he will take the feet out from under the catcher as he crosses the plate.
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Old Sat Jun 07, 2008, 06:57pm
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What I'm saying is the plate was blocked once the ball reached the catcher and the blockage was a result of him standing there when he wasn't in the act of fielding the ball.
I really think you are overthinking this. Did the catcher obstruct the runner (block the plate) without the ball there?
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