How should I have handled this

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

I said, actually Obstruction is usually not intentional and definitely does not require a collision. I think it would be a good idea for you to look that up in your rules book later on.

I would respond better to, "I understand the rule to be that it doesn't need to be intentional and that a collision is not necessary. Can we both look that up so we're on the same page? Do you know where in the rule book I could find this?"

While you were right in this application of the rules, I have had the same conversation with coaches asking about, say, the hands being part of the bat. So, when a coach starts with, "Actually, ..." and finishes with "you need to look that up," I tend to get a little defensive.